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Six-year-olds’ comprehension of object-gapped relative clause sentences: Investigating the contribution of NP number mismatch 六岁儿童对宾语从句的理解：研究 NP 数量不匹配的作用

IF 1.9 2区文学

First Language Pub Date : 2023-12-11 DOI: 10.1177/01427237231215104

Ian Morton, C. Melanie Schuele

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Towards an evidence-based approach to fostering collaborative conversation in mainstream primary classrooms: Response to commentators 以循证方法促进主流小学课堂的合作对话:对评论员的回应

2区文学

First Language Pub Date : 2023-10-26 DOI: 10.1177/01427237231209805

Kirsten Abbot-Smith, Julie Dockrell, Danielle Mathews, Alexandra Sturrock, Charlotte Wilson

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Does the processing advantage of formulaic language persist in its nonadjacent forms? Evidence from Chinese collocation processing in children 公式化语言的加工优势是否在其非相邻形式中持续存在?儿童汉语搭配加工的证据

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First Language Pub Date : 2023-10-26 DOI: 10.1177/01427237231201580

Shang Jiang

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Sometimes larger, sometimes smaller: Measuring vocabulary in monolingual and bilingual infants and toddlers 有时大，有时小:测量单语和双语婴幼儿的词汇量

2区文学

First Language Pub Date : 2023-10-26 DOI: 10.1177/01427237231204167

Krista Byers-Heinlein, Ana Maria Gonzalez-Barrero, Esther Schott, Hilary Killam

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Introduction to the special section on topic maintenance in social conversation 介绍社交对话中的话题维护

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First Language Pub Date : 2023-10-19 DOI: 10.1177/01427237231207736

Chloë Marshall

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Reflections on developmental profiles in autism 关于自闭症发展概况的思考

2区文学

First Language Pub Date : 2023-10-14 DOI: 10.1177/01427237231207521

Pauline Wolfer, Stephanie Durrleman

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The acquisition of the passive voice in Northern East Cree 东北克里语被动语态的习得

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First Language Pub Date : 2023-10-13 DOI: 10.1177/01427237231198758

Ryan E. Henke, Julie Brittain, Kamil U. Deen, Sara Acton

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Parent–toddler play talk: Toddler speech is differentially associated with paternal and maternal speech in interaction 亲子游戏言语:幼儿言语与父亲言语和母亲言语的互动存在差异

2区文学

First Language Pub Date : 2023-09-30 DOI: 10.1177/01427237231200436

Jean Quigley, Elizabeth Nixon

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Hastening slowly on classroom-based conversational skills teaching: A commentary on Abbot-Smith et al., 2023 加快以课堂为基础的会话技能教学:对Abbot-Smith等人的评论，2023

2区文学

First Language Pub Date : 2023-09-23 DOI: 10.1177/01427237231200443

Pamela C. Snow, Tessa A. Weadman, Tanya A. Serry

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Book review: Law, J., Reilly, S. & McKean, C. (Eds.), Language development: Individual differences in a social context 书评:Law, J.， Reilly, S. & McKean, C.(主编)，《语言发展:社会语境中的个体差异》

IF 1.9 2区文学

First Language Pub Date : 2023-09-07 DOI: 10.1177/01427237231197958

Yanhua Cheng

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