A longitudinal study of the role of vocabulary size in priming effects in early childhood

Avila-Varela, Daniela S.; Arias‐Trejo, Natalia; Mani, Nivedita

doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2020.105071

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“…While proportions are commonly used in the LWL task at a young age (Lany, Giglio, & Oswalt, 2018), given that the RTs on the LWL task decrease with age (Donnelly & Kidd, 2020; Fernald et al., 1998; Fernald et al., 2006), proportions may become less reliable as they are affected by where the participant looks after fixating on the target word. This is consistent with the fact that Mani and Plunkett (2011) and Angulo‐Chavira and Arias‐Trejo (2018) found that phonological primes had the opposite effect on the proportion of looks to target in a preferential looking task (see also Avila‐Varela et al., 2021).…”

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“…While this is common for infant preferential‐looking data, it does not directly reflect the relevant metric–the speed with which children recognize the target word. Other research suggests the interpretation of this dependent variable may not always be clear: While Mani and Plunkett (2011) found that phonological primes decreased looks to target among 24‐month‐olds, which they attribute to activation of the target's number of onset neighbors, Angulo‐Chavira and Arias‐Trejo (2018) found that a variation of phonological priming increased the proportion of looks to target amongst 30‐month‐olds, the opposite pattern of results from Mani and Plunkett (see Avila‐Varela, Arias‐Trerjo & Mani, 2021, for a similar result with children aged 18 to 24 months) 1 . Third, while Mani and Plunkett (2011) argue that differences between 18‐ and 24‐month‐olds likely reflect different vocabulary sizes of the two groups, this assumes that age is a proxy for vocabulary and not other relevant variables.…”

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Onset Neighborhood Density Slows Lexical Access in High Vocabulary 30‐Month Olds

Donnelly

Kidd

2021

Cognitive Science

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There is consensus that the adult lexicon exhibits lexical competition. In particular, substantial evidence demonstrates that words with more phonologically similar neighbors are recognized less efficiently than words with fewer neighbors. How and when these effects emerge in the child's lexicon is less clear. In the current paper, we build on previous research by testing whether phonological onset density slows lexical access in a large sample of 100 English‐acquiring 30‐month‐olds. The children participated in a visual world looking‐while‐listening task, in which their attention was directed to one of two objects on a computer screen while their eye movements were recorded. We found moderate evidence of inhibitory effects of onset neighborhood density on lexical access and clear evidence for an interaction between onset neighborhood density and vocabulary, with larger effects of onset neighborhood density for children with larger vocabularies. Results suggest the lexicons of 30‐month‐olds exhibit lexical‐level competition, with competition increasing with vocabulary size.

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Onset Neighborhood Density Slows Lexical Access in High Vocabulary 30‐Month Olds

Donnelly

Kidd

2021

Cognitive Science

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“…e semantic subscale of incense burners in Ming and Qing dynasties mainly selected images first and used Likert 5point and other scales for evaluation. e evaluation scale consists of pairs of adjectives (Table 1) [28].…”

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Morphological Bias of Ancient Artifacts: A Case Study of Incense Burners in Ming and Qing Dynasties

Wei

2021

Journal of Mathematics

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This study verifies the relevance of the combination of traditional Chinese artifacts and perceptual semantic research. It provides new research ideas to study the Chinese artifact culture. Moreover, it helps people to understand the cultural spirit better and design crystallization of traditional artifacts. This study considered Chinese traditional incense burners in Ming and Qing dynasties to adopt morphological analysis and affinity diagram to select representative experimental samples. Furthermore, this research applied the perceptual engineering theory to explore the relation between design group’s description of perceptual semantics and the shape of incense burners. The focuses were the design group on the shape and style of ancient artifacts in aesthetic consideration. According to the results of semantic principal component analysis, the perceptual semantic bias of the design group towards incense burners was concentrated, which is related to the style acceptance of incense burners. Among these related incense burner styles, the design group paid more attention to the proportional design of “incense burner foot” in the perceptual bias of incense burner shape and preferred the proportional incense burner shape of “long foot.”

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“…One of the most important milestones of the first years of life is learning language, beginning with vocabulary ( Samuelsson, 2021 ). Knowing more words in early childhood facilitates further vocabulary and language development, a virtuous cycle ( Peter et al, 2020 ; Avila-Varela et al, 2021 ). Children with more vocabulary knowledge have, both immediately and over time, greater success in reading and other content areas ( Dickinson et al, 2010 ; Cristofaro and Tamis-LeMonda, 2012 ; Morgan et al, 2015 ), better-adjusted social interactions, and more self-regulation and executive functioning ( Winsler, 2009 ; Manning et al, 2019 ; Rantalainen et al, 2021 ).…”

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Understanding Child-Directed Speech Around Book Reading in Toddler Classrooms: Evidence From Early Head Start Programs

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Child-directed speech (CDS), which can help children learn new words, has been rigorously studied among infants and parents in home settings. Yet, far less is known about the CDS that teachers use in classrooms with toddlers and children’s responses, an important question because many toddlers, particularly in high-need communities, attend group-care settings. This exploratory study examines the linguistic environment during teacher-led book readings in American Early Head Start classrooms serving 2-year-olds from households in poverty. Seven teachers in four classrooms were trained to emphasize target words while reading story and informational books. We first analyzed the nature and quality of their book readings from a macro-level, exploring global instructional quality [Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS)] and linguistic complexity [i.e., diversity of vocabulary (D) and sophistication of syntax (MLU-w)], and we also examined micro-level teacher-child talk strategies and use of target words. Compared to prior research, these classrooms had similar global quality and syntactic complexity, although less lexical diversity. Exploratory results also revealed three distinct teacher talk patterns—teachers who emphasized (1) comments, (2) questions, and (3) a balance of the two. Question-focused teachers had more adult and child talk during reading, as well as more repetitions of target words, and stronger CLASS Engaged Support for Learning. However, comment-focused teachers used more diverse vocabulary and had stronger CLASS Emotional and Behavioral Support. Results illuminate the nature and quality of CDS in toddler classrooms, particularly in the context of an intervention emphasizing target vocabulary words, and highlight applications for professional development and questions for further research.

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A longitudinal study of the role of vocabulary size in priming effects in early childhood

Cited by 8 publications

References 36 publications

Onset Neighborhood Density Slows Lexical Access in High Vocabulary 30‐Month Olds

Onset Neighborhood Density Slows Lexical Access in High Vocabulary 30‐Month Olds

Morphological Bias of Ancient Artifacts: A Case Study of Incense Burners in Ming and Qing Dynasties

Understanding Child-Directed Speech Around Book Reading in Toddler Classrooms: Evidence From Early Head Start Programs

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