Infants' lexical comprehension and lexical anticipation abilities are closely linked in early language development.
Journal
Infancy : the official journal of the International Society on Infant Studies
ISSN: 1532-7078
Titre abrégé: Infancy
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 100890607
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 2023
05 2023
Historique:
revised:
23
11
2022
received:
20
05
2022
accepted:
15
01
2023
medline:
11
4
2023
pubmed:
23
2
2023
entrez:
22
2
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Theories across cognitive domains propose that anticipating upcoming sensory input supports information processing. In line with this view, prior findings indicate that adults and children anticipate upcoming words during real-time language processing, via such processes as prediction and priming. However, it is unclear if anticipatory processes are strictly an outcome of prior language development or are more entwined with language learning and development. We operationalized this theoretical question as whether developmental emergence of comprehension of lexical items occurs before or concurrently with the anticipation of these lexical items. To this end, we tested infants of ages 12, 15, 18, and 24 months (N = 67) on their abilities to comprehend and anticipate familiar nouns. In an eye-tracking task, infants viewed pairs of images and heard sentences with either informative words (e.g., eat) that allowed them to anticipate an upcoming noun (e.g., cookie), or uninformative words (e.g., see). Findings indicated that infants' comprehension and anticipation abilities are closely linked over developmental time and within individuals. Importantly, we do not find evidence for lexical comprehension in the absence of lexical anticipation. Thus, anticipatory processes are present early in infants' second year, suggesting they are a part of language development rather than solely an outcome of it.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
532-549Subventions
Organisme : NICHD NIH HHS
ID : R00 HD076166
Pays : United States
Organisme : NICHD NIH HHS
ID : R01 HD095912
Pays : United States
Organisme : NICHD NIH HHS
ID : R03 HD079779
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© 2023 The Authors. Infancy published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Congress of Infant Studies.
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