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Kidd, Evan – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2012
Although the syntactic priming methodology is a promising tool for language acquisition researchers, using the technique with children raises issues that are not problematic in adult research. The current paper reports on an individual differences study that addressed some of these outstanding issues. (a) Does priming purely reflect syntactic…
Descriptors: Priming, Syntax, Standardized Tests, Nonverbal Ability
Boyle, Whitney; Lindell, Annukka K.; Kidd, Evan – Language Learning, 2013
This study considers the role of verbal working memory in sentence comprehension in typically developing English-speaking children. Fifty-six (N = 56) children aged 4;0-6;6 completed a test of language comprehension that contained sentences which varied in complexity, standardized tests of vocabulary and nonverbal intelligence, and three tests of…
Descriptors: Young Children, Short Term Memory, Sentences, Comprehension
Kirkham, Julie; Stewart, Andrew; Kidd, Evan – Infant and Child Development, 2013
This research investigated the developing inter-relationships between language, graphic symbolism and symbolic play both concurrently and longitudinally from the fourth to the fifth year of childhood. Sixty children ("n"?=?60) aged between 3 and 4?years completed multiple assessments of language and assessments of graphic symbolism,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Play, Nonverbal Ability, Longitudinal Studies
Kidd, Evan; Kirjavainen, Minna – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2011
The present paper reports on a study that investigated the role of procedural and declarative memory in the acquisition of Finnish past tense morphology. Two competing models were tested. Ullman's (2004) declarative/procedural model predicts that procedural memory supports the acquisition of regular morphology, whereas declarative memory supports…
Descriptors: Finno Ugric Languages, Morphology (Languages), Monolingualism, Memory
Kidd, Evan – Developmental Psychology, 2012
This article reports on an individual differences study that investigated the role of implicit statistical learning in the acquisition of syntax in children. One hundred children ages 4 years 5 months through 6 years 11 months completed a test of implicit statistical learning, a test of explicit declarative learning, and standardized tests of…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Language Acquisition, Syntax, Language Patterns