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More is more in language learning:reconsidering the less-is-more hypothesis [PDF]

, 2018
The Less-is-More hypothesis was proposed to explain age-of-acquisition effects in first language (L1) acquisition and second language (L2) attainment. We scrutinize different renditions of the hypothesis by examining how learning outcomes are affected by
Brooks, Patricia J., Kempe, Vera
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Applying Item Response Theory (IRT) Modeling to an Observational Measure of Childhood Pragmatics: The Pragmatics Observational Measure-2 [PDF]

, 2019
Assessment of pragmatic language abilities of children is important across a number of childhood developmental disorders including ADHD, language impairment and Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Cordier, Reinie, Joosten, Annette, Munro, Natalie, Parsons, Lauren, Speyer, Renée, Wilkes-Gillan, Sarah   +5 more
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How Do French–English Bilinguals Pull Verb Particle Constructions Off? Factors Influencing Second Language Processing of Unfamiliar Structures at the Syntax-Semantics Interface

Frontiers in Psychology, 2018
An important challenge in bilingualism research is to understand the mechanisms underlying sentence processing in a second language and whether they are comparable to those underlying native processing. Here, we focus on verb-particle constructions (VPCs)
Alexandre C. Herbay, Alexandre C. Herbay, Laura M. Gonnerman, Laura M. Gonnerman, Shari R. Baum, Shari R. Baum   +5 more
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Children's Communication Checklist (CCC) scores in 11-year-old children with communication impairments [PDF]

, 2004
Background: The pragmatic skills of children with communication disorders and their assessment are currently an issue for speech and language therapy and educational placement.
Botting, N.
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Advances in the treatment of children with phonological disorders

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2013
Summary Introduction: Treatment of phonological disorders considering extra-linguistic and linguistic variables are important to ensure that the alteration is resolved promptly and in the best manner as possible. Aim: To analyze
Marizete Ilha Ceron, Karina Carlesso Pagliarin, Márcia Keske-Soares   +2 more
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Charles West: a 19th century perspective on acquired childhood aphasia [PDF]

, 2005
Dr Charles West was the founder (1852) of the first paediatric hospital in the English-speaking world. In a career spanning four decades, he devoted a great part of his energies to describing the nervous diseases of infants and children.
Hellal, Paula, Lorch, Marjorie
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Timing of Ketogenic Dietary Therapy (KDT) Introduction and Its Impact on Cognitive Profiles in Children with Glut1-DS—A Preliminary Study

Children, 2023
The aim of this research was to characterize cognitive abilities in patients with Glut1-Deficiency syndrome (Glut1DS) following ketogenic diet therapy (KDT).
Martina Barthold, Anne Jurkutat, Regina Goetz, Lucia Schubring, Juliane Spiegler, Ann-Sophie Fries, Lucia Kiesel, Joerg Klepper   +7 more
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Continuation of an eating disorders day programme during the COVID-19 pandemic

Journal of Eating Disorders, 2021
The current paper describes an adaptation of a daypatient programme for adults with anorexia nervosa in the UK in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and consequent government guidelines.
Sarah Plumley, Anna Kristensen, Paul E. Jenkins   +2 more
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Defining Nodes and Edges in Other Languages in Cognitive Network Science—Moving beyond Single-Layer Networks

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Cognitive network science has increased our understanding of how the mental lexicon is structured and how that structure at the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels influences language and cognitive processes. Most of the research using this approach has used
Michael S. Vitevitch, Alysia E. Martinez, Riley England   +2 more
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Early detection of communication delays with the PEDS tools in at-risk South African infants [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Prevalence of communication delays or disorders is increasing, possibly because of various environmental risk factors. Selection and implementation of effective screening tools are important to detect at-risk infants as early as possible ...
Glascoe, Frances Page, Hanekom, Linique, Lemmer, Tasha, Schoeman, Karla, Swanepoel, De Wet, van der Linde, Jeannie, Vinck, Bart   +6 more
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