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Exploring language diversity: A commentary on Kidd and Garcia (2022) 探索语言多样性:基德和加西亚评论(2022)

IF 1.9 2区文学

First Language Pub Date : 2022-03-28 DOI: 10.1177/01427237221084505

C. Pye

引用次数: 2

Efficacy and benefits of the MetaCom training to promote metaphor comprehension in typical development MetaCom训练促进典型发展中隐喻理解的效果与效益

IF 1.9 2区文学

First Language Pub Date : 2022-03-24 DOI: 10.1177/01427237221081201

E. Tonini, Serena Lecce, Paola Del Sette, Federica Bianco, P. Canal, V. Bambini

引用次数: 5

Toddlers use functional morphemes for backward syntactic categorization 幼儿使用功能语素进行后向句法分类

IF 1.9 2区文学

First Language Pub Date : 2022-03-17 DOI: 10.1177/01427237221079137

Yuanfan Ying, Xiaolu Yang, Rushen Shi

引用次数: 0

Rhyme over time: Vocabulary learning through daily reading aloud at home with children 随时间而韵:通过每天在家和孩子一起大声朗读来学习词汇

IF 1.9 2区文学

First Language Pub Date : 2022-03-07 DOI: 10.1177/01427237221079475

Kirsten Read, Alena Rogojina, Olivia Hauer-Richard

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引用次数: 2

What about broader impacts for child language acquisition research? A commentary on Kidd and Garcia (2022) 对儿童语言习得研究的更广泛影响是什么?基德与加西亚评注(2022)

IF 1.9 2区文学

First Language Pub Date : 2022-03-04 DOI: 10.1177/01427237221081731

Ryan E. Henke

引用次数: 1

Features of communication in Norwegian parent–child play interactions 挪威亲子游戏互动的交际特征

IF 1.9 2区文学

First Language Pub Date : 2022-02-08 DOI: 10.1177/01427237211072661

Hanne Røe-Indregård, M. Rowe, Veslemøy Rydland, Imac M Zambrana

引用次数: 3

Talking about people who are not there: Children’s early references to absent caregivers and absent friends 谈论不在场的人：孩子们早期提到的缺席的照顾者和缺席的朋友

IF 1.9 2区文学

First Language Pub Date : 2022-02-07 DOI: 10.1177/01427237221074141

Yi Zhang, P. Harris

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引用次数: 2

How diverse is child language acquisition research? 儿童语言习得研究有多多样化?

IF 1.9 2区文学

First Language Pub Date : 2022-01-28 DOI: 10.1177/01427237211066405

E. Kidd, Rowena Garcia

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引用次数: 77

Acquisition of cumulative conditioning effects on words: Spanish-speaking children’s [subject pronoun + verb] usage 词汇累积条件作用的习得:说西班牙语的儿童[主代词+动词]用法

IF 1.9 2区文学

First Language Pub Date : 2022-01-16 DOI: 10.1177/01427237211067574

Esther L. Brown, Naomi L. Shin

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引用次数: 4

Opportunities and challenges in the analysis of the Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives (MAIN) 多语言叙事评估工具分析中的机遇与挑战(主)

IF 1.9 2区文学

First Language Pub Date : 2022-01-16 DOI: 10.1177/01427237211064695

Cécile de Cat

引用次数: 1