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Naz Deniz Atik1
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Naz Deniz Atik; Alexander LaTourrette; Sandra R. Waxman – Developmental Science, 2024
To learn the meaning of a new word, or to recognize the meaning of a known one, both children and adults benefit from surrounding words, or the sentential context. Most of the evidence from children is based on their accuracy and efficiency when listening to speech in their familiar native accent: they successfully use the words they know to…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Speech Communication, Language Processing, Listening