Object Naming, Vocabulary Growth, and the Development of Word Retrieval Abilities Export

@article{citeulike:4882773, abstract = {Previous research suggests that during a time of rapid growth in productive vocabulary, children are especially susceptible to errors of retrieval. These errors consist of words known to the child and often involve the incorrect selection of a previously said word. Two experiments investigated changes in lexical access and naming in the context of learning new words. Experiment 1 examined the rise and fall of children's naming errors for practiced and unpracticed words during the initial period of accelerated vocabulary growth. Findings indicated that as individual words were practiced in production, those words became stronger and more resistant to interference from lexical competitors. This result is consistent with the hypothesis that retrieval errors occur as a result of a general fragility of all words in the child's nascent lexicon. Experiment 2 investigated the related hypothesis that children's increased vulnerability to error is specific to the period of initial word learning. The results showed that older, more experienced word learners exhibited proportionately fewer errors when acquiring a set of novel words than novice word learners. However, the source of the error was similar, suggesting that common processing mechanisms may underlie the acquisition of a productive lexicon. }, author = {Gershkoff-Stowe, L.}, citeulike-article-id = {4882773}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jmla.2001.2830}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0749-596X(01)92830-X}, doi = {10.1006/jmla.2001.2830}, issn = {0749596X}, journal = {Journal of Memory and Language}, keywords = {preschool-age, word-finding, word-learning}, month = {May}, number = {4}, pages = {665--687}, posted-at = {2009-06-17 18:44:21}, priority = {2}, title = {Object Naming, Vocabulary Growth, and the Development of Word Retrieval Abilities}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jmla.2001.2830}, volume = {46}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4882773 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4882773 N2 - Previous research suggests that during a time of rapid growth in productive vocabulary, children are especially susceptible to errors of retrieval. These errors consist of words known to the child and often involve the incorrect selection of a previously said word. Two experiments investigated changes in lexical access and naming in the context of learning new words. Experiment 1 examined the rise and fall of children's naming errors for practiced and unpracticed words during the initial period of accelerated vocabulary growth. Findings indicated that as individual words were practiced in production, those words became stronger and more resistant to interference from lexical competitors. This result is consistent with the hypothesis that retrieval errors occur as a result of a general fragility of all words in the child's nascent lexicon. Experiment 2 investigated the related hypothesis that children's increased vulnerability to error is specific to the period of initial word learning. The results showed that older, more experienced word learners exhibited proportionately fewer errors when acquiring a set of novel words than novice word learners. However, the source of the error was similar, suggesting that common processing mechanisms may underlie the acquisition of a productive lexicon. IS - 4 JF - Journal of Memory and Language SN - 0749596X EP - 687 TI - Object Naming, Vocabulary Growth, and the Development of Word Retrieval Abilities VL - 46 SP - 665 KW - preschool-age KW - word-finding KW - word-learning AU - Gershkoff-Stowe, L PY - 2002/05// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jmla.2001.2830 ER -