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HelexKids: A word frequency database for Greek and Cypriot primary school children
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In: Behavior Research Methods , 49 (1) pp. 83-96. (2016) (2016)
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Gesture production in language impairment: It’s quality not quantity that matters.
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In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (2016) (In press). (2016)
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Narrative skills in deaf children who use spoken English: Dissociations between macro and microstructural devices
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In: Research in Developmental Disabilities , 59 pp. 268-282. (2016) (2016)
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Conclusions dels Tallers per grups (situacions viscudes als centres relacionades amb les diferències de categorització)
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Conferència inaugural: Introducció a la categorització semàntica en les llengües del món
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Conferència de clausura: Les llengües són una manera d'explicar el món?
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Junyent, M. Carme. - : Universitat de Girona. Gabinet d’Assessorament Lingüístic per a la Immigració, 2016
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The impact of environmental factors on the production of english narratives by Spanish-English bilingual children
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On Word Definition in Children and Adults: Effects of Word Category and Level of Abstraction
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In: TDX (Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa) (2016)
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Cumulative Semantic Interference and Lexical Learning in Children
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Contrasting the oral and written narratives of six- and eight-year-old Canadian children
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Language development in Mandarin heritage language children
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Jia, Ruiting. - : University of Alberta. Department of Linguistics., 2016
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Language development in Mandarin heritage language children
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Jia, Ruiting. - : University of Alberta. Department of Linguistics., 2016
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CATALISE: A multinational and multidisciplinary Delphi consensus study. Identifying language impairments in children
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On Word Definition in Children and Adults: Effects of Word Category and Level of Abstraction
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[eng] This is a thesis about word definition. Early developmental studies of word definition, tested nous rather than other morphological categories (adjectives, verbs). As some authors have pointed out (McKeown, 1991) a proper definition includes a superordinate term that denominates the category to which the word to be defined belongs, followed by definitional features of the word. This description has been frequently translated into the formula ‘X is a Y that Z’ (Nippold, 1995; Watson, 1995) which has lead developmental researchers to consider that a definition that includes a relative clause to express the differentiae (key features of the genus) as a paradigmatic example of formal definition. Developmental research present two limitations: the first one is that the effect of level of abstraction of the definiendum on the quality of word definition has been limited to nouns. The second one is that these developmental studies have been carried out, as a rule, in other languages than Spanish, mostly in English. The current thesis is aimed at overcoming these two limitations. The general purpose of this thesis is to capture whether and how the syntactic and semantic features of verbal utterances produced by Spanish speakers for defining words vary as a function of morphological category and level of abstraction of the words. To address this general purpose, we undertake three studies. Study 1 portrays the initial state of definition as a metalinguistic activity in a group of 7-year-old children, an age considered as a milestone in the development of word definition. In study 2 we examine the same dimensions in the same task in a group of adults, and study 3 draws a comparison between children and adults’ definitional abilities. Participants in both studies were asked to define 20 concrete and abstract nouns, 5 concrete and abstract adjectives, and 7 concrete and abstract verbs. Word definitions were analysed for grammatical form and use of semantic components (i.e. categorical term, specificity of the hyperonym, and semantic content of the definiens). Findings for Study 1 indicated a generalized effect of the morphological category of the definiendum on the syntactic and semantic dimensions of the definition. Level of abstraction only explained significantly the differences in the components of the semantic dimension. The results offered in this study revealed that the characteristics of the students are more important than the characteristics of the words to explain the differences in the performance in the syntactic complexity of the definiens’ structure and in the categorical term of the definiens. However, the characteristics of the words were found to be more important to explain the differences in the specificity of the hyperonym and in the semantic content of the definiens. Findings for Study 2 showed a generalized effect of the morphological category of the definiendum on the syntactic and the semantic dimension of the definition, except for the semantic content of the definiens. Level of abstraction only explained significantly the differences in the components of the semantic dimension. And the characteristics of the participants were found to be more relevant than the characteristics of the words in order to explain the differences in word definition performance of adults. Findings for Study 3 revealed a generalized effect of age on the syntactic and semantic dimensions of word definition. Significant interactions were also found between age and morphological category for the syntactic dimension of the definition; and between age and morphological category, and age and level of abstraction of the definiendum for the semantic dimension of the definition. The differences observed between the definitional abilities of children and adults suggest (e.g., Snow, 1990) that the definition is a genre that needs time, practice and exposure in order to develop. ; [spa] Esta es una tesis sobre definición de palabras. Estudios de desarrollo iniciales de la definición de palabras investigaron la categoría morfológica nombre. Algunos autores han señalado que una definición que incluye una cláusula de relativo para expresar la differentiae (rasgos definitorios del genus) equivaldría al ejemplo paradigmático de definición formal. Los estudios sobre el desarrollo de la definición presentan dos limitaciones: la primera es que el estudio del efecto del nivel de abstracción del definiendum se ha limitado a los nombres; y la segunda es que estos estudios se han llevado a cabo, como norma general, en Inglés. Esta tesis pretende abordar estas dos limitaciones. El objetivo general de esta tesis es capturar si y como los componentes sintácticos y semánticos de las definiciones de palabras producidas por hablantes españoles varían en función de la categoría morfológica y del nivel de abstracción de las palabras. Para acometer este objetivo, llevamos a cabo tres estudios. El primero explora el estado inicial de la definición como actividad metalingüística en un grupo de niños de 7 años. El estudio 2 examina las mismas dimensiones en la misma tarea en un grupo de adultos; y el estudio 3 realiza una comparación entre las habilidades definicionales de los niños y los adultos. Los participantes definieron 20 nombres concretos y abstractos, 5 adjetivos concretos y abstractos, y 7 verbos concretos y abstractos. Las definiciones se analizaron de acuerdo a la estructura sintáctica y a los componentes semánticos que la forman. Los resultados del estudio 1 y 2 indican un efecto de la categoría morfológica en las dimensiones sintácticas y semánticas de la definición. El nivel de abstracción explica las diferencias en los componentes semánticos de la definición. Además, encontramos que, en el caso de los niños, las características de los estudiantes son más importantes que las de las palabras para explicar la diferencias en el desempeño en la complejidad sintáctica y en el término categorial; mientras que las características de las palabras resultan más importantes para explicar las diferencias en la especificidad del hiperónimo y en el contenido semántico. Sin embargo, las características de los participantes son más relevantes que las características de las palabras para explicar las diferencias en la definición de palabras de los adultos. Finalmente, las diferencias observadas entre las habilidades definicionales de los niños y de los adultos sugieren que la definición es un género que, como tal, requiere de tiempo, práctica y exposición para poder desarrollarse con éxito.
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Applied linguistics; Language in children; Lingüística aplicada; Llenguatge infantil; Semàntica; Semantics; Sintaxi; Syntax
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URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/107763 http://hdl.handle.net/10803/400881
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Estudios sobre el aprendizaje de las relaciones semántico-léxicas desde una perspectiva integradora entre el lenguaje oral y escrito
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The Effects of Training in Music and Phonological Skills on Phonological Awareness in 4- to 6-Year-Old Children of Immigrant Families
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In: Frontiers in Psychology 7:1647 doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01647 (2016)
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Vocabulary and sentence structure in emergent Spanish reading
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In: Faculty Publications (2016)
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Avaliação da linguagem após hemisferectomia de hemisfério cerebral esquerdo ; Language assessment after left hemispherectomy
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Silva, Jocelí Rodrigues da. - : Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da USP, 2016. : Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. : Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, 2016
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Programa de estimulação de linguagem oral para crianças com atraso de linguagem ; Program of verbal language stimulation in children with language delay
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Guarnieri, Camilla. - : Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da USP, 2016. : Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. : Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru, 2016
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Children’s comprehension of an unfamiliar speaker accent: a review
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