2017
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12536
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Abstract: A close relationship between children's vocabulary size and the grammatical complexity of their speech is well attested but not well understood. The present study used latent change score modeling to examine the dynamic relationships between vocabulary and grammar growth within and across languages in longitudinal data from 90 simultaneous Spanish-English bilingual children who were assessed at 6-month intervals between 30 and 48 months. Slopes of vocabulary and grammar growth were strongly correlated within e… Show more

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“…In this regard, our second main finding differs from the results reported by Hoff et al. (). Although we could not identify any direct contributions from vocabulary to grammar, we did find some evidence of a developmental link in the opposite direction—from grammar to vocabulary.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…In this regard, our second main finding differs from the results reported by Hoff et al. (). Although we could not identify any direct contributions from vocabulary to grammar, we did find some evidence of a developmental link in the opposite direction—from grammar to vocabulary.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 99%
“…The absence of evidence of a direct contribution from vocabulary to grammar in the present study is consistent with observations made by Hoff et al. (), who did not detect any longitudinal cross‐effects between vocabulary and grammar. In this regard, our second main finding differs from the results reported by Hoff et al.…”
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“…It has long been known that IDs across linguistic subsystems are reliably related to one another. For example, in language acquisition, vocabulary size is related to how fast children access words online [77], and is a strong predictor of grammatical development (e.g., [30,78,79]). In adult language processing, variability in vocabulary knowledge predicts spoken lexical access in challenging conditions (e.g., [80,81]), and lexical frequencies can influence syntactic processing [82].…”
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“…In language acquisition, one factor known to vary widely across individuals and to predict several other linguistic measures later in development is vocabulary size. Thus, vocabulary size predicts not only subsequent vocabulary growth but also morphosyntactic development (e.g., Fenson et al., ; Hoff, Quinn, & Giguere, ; Marchman & Bates, ). Charting this dependence is a critically important area of acquisition research, as it provides insight into the relatedness of different linguistic skills.…”
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