Investigating the role of verbal working memory in young children's sentence comprehension

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2013

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Boyle, Whitney
Lindell, Annukka K
Kidd, Evan

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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This study considers the role of verbal working memory in sentence comprehension in typically developing English-speaking children. Fifty-six (N = 56) children aged 4;0-6;6 completed a test of language comprehension that contained sentences which varied i

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Keywords: First language acquisition; Passive voice; Relative clauses; Sentence comprehension; Sentence repetition; Word order; Working Memory

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Language Learning: a journal of research in language studies

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2037-12-31