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Phonological networks and new word learning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2006

Elisabet Service
Elisabet Service
Affiliation:
University of Helsinki, Centre de Recherche, Institute Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal
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The first report of a connection between vocabulary learning and phonological short-term memory was published in 1988 (Baddeley, Papagno, & Vallar, 1988). At that time, both Susan Gathercole and I were involved in longitudinal studies, investigating the relation between nonword repetition and language learning. We both found a connection. Now, almost 20 years later, in her Keynote Gathercole (2006) reviews a multitude of data bearing on the interpretation of this often replicated connection. Her main conclusions are three. First, both nonword repetition and word learning are constrained by the quality of temporary storage. She sees this storage as multiply determined, that is, affected by factors like perceptual analysis, phonological awareness (ability to identify and reflect on the speech sounds that make up words). Second, both nonword repetition and word learning are also affected by sensory, cognitive, and motor processes. Third, an impairment of phonological storage is typically associated with specific language impairment (SLI) but may not be a sole causal factor.

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Applied Psycholinguistics , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , October 2006 , pp. 581 - 584
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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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