Estimating when and how words are acquired: A natural experiment on the development of the mental lexicon

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 750-758

  Auer Jr , Edward T ^a   Bernstein, Lynne E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of acquisition; Deafness; Lexical development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PERCEPTION; READING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 46949109707     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2008/053)     Document Type: Article

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