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Word Learning from Context in School-Age Children: Relations with Language Ability and Executive Function
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Hill, Margaret S.; Wagovich, Stacy A. – Journal of Child Language, 2020
Purpose: Although school-age children learn most new word meanings from surrounding context, the joint roles of language ability and executive function (EF) in the word learning process remain unclear. This study examined children's acquisition of word meanings from context in relation to oral language ability and three EF skills (working memory,…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Vocabulary Development, Pretests Posttests, Oral Language