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Identifying formulas in first language acquisition [PDF]

, 2013
With the increase in interest in formulas, or apparently non-productive utterances in children's speech, a range of definitions has emerged and sometimes conflicting criteria have been proposed for their identification.
Hickey, Tina
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Directives in Finnish language acquisition [PDF]

, 2021
Modal expressions in child speech are examined from the point of agent-oriented modalityPeer ...
Laalo, Klaus, Klaus Laalo
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The Effects of Cooperative, Collaborative, and Peer-Tutoring Strategies on English Learners’ Reading and Speaking Proficiencies in an English-Medium Context: A Research Synthesis

SAGE Open, 2021
We conducted a research synthesis to examine the impact of cooperative, collaborative, and peer-tutoring strategies on elementary English learners’ (EL) reading and oral proficiencies in studies from the United States.
Shifang Tang, Beverly J. Irby, Fuhui Tong, Rafael Lara-Alecio   +3 more
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Family-Based Whole-Exome Analysis of Specific Language Impairment (SLI) Identifies Rare Variants in BUD13, a Component of the Retention and Splicing (RES) Complex

Brain Sciences, 2021
Specific language impairment (SLI) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) that displays high heritability estimates. Genetic studies have identified several loci, but the molecular basis of SLI remains unclear.
Erin M. Andres, Kathleen Kelsey Earnest, Cuncong Zhong, Mabel L. Rice, Muhammad Hashim Raza   +4 more
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A aquisição de língua materna e não materna [PDF]

, 2017
The present volume is an introduction to the study of Language Acquisition, especially centered on Portuguese. Even though the different chapters always take Portuguese as a point of departure, a comparative perspective is assumed and Portuguese data is ...

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Foreign-Language Phonetic Development Leads to First-Language Phonetic Drift: Plosive Consonants in Native Portuguese Speakers Learning English as a Foreign Language in Brazil

Languages, 2021
Fifty-six Portuguese speakers born and raised in Brazil produced Portuguese words beginning in one of four plosives, /p b k ɡ/. Twenty-eight of them were monolinguals (controls), and the rest were learners of English as a foreign language (EFL).
Denise M. Osborne, Miquel Simonet
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Intonation words in initial intentional communication of Mandarin-speaking children

Frontiers in Psychology
Intonation words play a very important role in early childhood language development and serve as a crucial entry point for studying children’s language acquisition.
Yunqiu Zhang, Jiantao Li, Yang Zhang
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Assessing Conceptual Understanding via Literacy-Infused, Inquiry-Based Science among Middle School English Learners and Economically-Challenged Students

Education Sciences, 2018
The overarching purpose of our study was to compare performances of treatment and control condition students who completed a literacy-infused, inquiry-based science intervention through sixth grade as measured by a big idea assessment tool which we refer
Rafael Lara-Alecio, Beverly J. Irby, Fuhui Tong, Cindy Guerrero, Janice Koch, Kara L. Sutton-Jones   +5 more
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Language Acquisition Meets Language Evolution [PDF]

Cognitive Science, 2010
AbstractRecent research suggests that language evolution is a process of cultural change, in which linguistic structures are shaped through repeated cycles of learning and use by domain‐general mechanisms. This paper draws out the implications of this viewpoint for understanding the problem of language acquisition, which is cast in a new, and much more
Nick Chater, Morten H. Christiansen
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Feasibility and Safety of Somato‐Cognitive Coordination Therapy for Cerebellar Ataxia Following Pediatric Brain Tumor Treatment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cerebellar ataxia after pediatric brain tumor treatment can cause persistent gait, balance, and speech impairment, yet no established rehabilitation strategy exists. Somato‐cognitive coordination therapy (SCCT) is a virtual reality–guided intervention designed to promote sensorimotor integration through visually constrained reaching
Masanobu Takeuchi, Takashi Matsuzawa, Jun Yamanishi, Masahiro Yoshitomi, Junji Ikeda, Shin‐Ichi Tsujimoto, Yasuteru Yamaguchi, Norio Shiba, Dhroov Pathare, Ayumi Kato, Masahiko Hara   +10 more
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