Abstract
Word learning is one of the core components of language acquisition. In this article, we provide an overview of the theme issue on word learning, describing some of the ways in which research in the area has progressed and diverged. In recent years, word learning has become central in a wider range of research areas, and is important to research on adult, as well as child and infant language. We introduce 10 papers that cover the recent developments from a wide range of perspectives, focusing on developmental research, the influence of reading skills, neuroimaging and the relationship between word learning and general models of memory.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3607-3615 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society Of London Series B - Biological Sciences |
| Volume | 364 |
| Issue number | 1536 |
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| Publication status | Published - 27 Dec 2009 |
Keywords
- word learning
- acquisition
- memory
- psycholinguistics
- neuroimaging
- connectionism
- SPELLING-SOUND CONSISTENCY
- IMMEDIATE SERIAL-RECALL
- BILINGUAL INFANTS
- READING ALOUD
- SPOKEN WORDS
- TERM-MEMORY
- LANGUAGE
- MODEL
- RECOGNITION
- HEMISPHERES