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Gandolfi, Elena; Traverso, Laura; Zanobini, Mirella; Usai, Maria Carmen; Viterbori, Paola – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
This study analyses the longitudinal relationship between early inhibitory control skills and subsequent emergent literacy. At Time 1, a sample of 50 typically monolingual Italian toddlers aged 28 to 36 months in their last year of day-care was assessed on expressive vocabulary and two inhibitory control measures, tapping specifically response…
Descriptors: Inhibition, Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children, Toddlers
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Sansavini, Alessandra; Zuccarini, Mariagrazia; Gibertoni, Dino; Bello, Arianna; Caselli, Maria Cristina; Corvaglia, Luigi; Guarini, Annalisa – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Wide interindividual variability characterizes language development in the general and at-risk populations of up to 3 years of age. We adopted a complex approach that considers multiple aspects of lexical and grammatical skills to identify language profiles in low-risk preterm and full-term children. We also investigated biological and…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Language Skills, Cognitive Ability, Psychomotor Skills
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Arosio, Fabrizio; Foppolo, Francesca; Pagliarini, Elena; Perugini, Maria; Guasti, Maria Teresa – Language Learning and Development, 2017
Specific language impairment (SLI) is a heterogeneous disorder affecting various aspects of language. While most studies have investigated impairments in the domain of syntax and morphosyntax, little is known about compositional semantics and the process of deriving pragmatic meanings in SLI. We selected a group of sixteen monolingual…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Semantics, Italian, Children