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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
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Dixon, L. Quentin – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2011
Research in monolingual populations indicate that vocabulary knowledge is essential to reading achievement, but how vocabulary develops in bilingual children has been understudied. The current study investigated the role of home and school factors in predicting English vocabulary among 284 bilingual kindergartners (168 Chinese, 65 Malay, 51…
Descriptors: Mothers, Family Income, Reading Achievement, Vocabulary