ABSTRACT Children’s lexical processing speed at 18 to 25 months of age has been linked to concurrent and later language abilities. In the current study, we extend this finding to children aged 36 months. Children (N = 126) participated in a lexical processing task in which they viewed two static images on noun trials (e.g., an ear of corn and a hat), or two dynamic video clips on verb trials (e.g., a woman stretching and the same woman clapping), and heard an auditory prompt labeling one of them (e.g., “Where is she stretching?”). They also participated in standard assessments of language and school readiness. The results indicated that lexical processing speed (i.e., how long they required to look to the labeled image or scene) was associated with measures of concurrent receptive vocabulary, as well as receptive vocabulary and school readiness two years later, although the associations are weaker than for younger children.

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36 个月大时名词和动词的词汇处理可预测当前和以后的词汇量和入学准备情况


摘要 18 至 25 个月大的儿童的词汇处理速度与当时和以后的语言能力有关。在当前的研究中，我们将这一发现扩展到 36 个月大的儿童。儿童（N = 126）参与词汇处理任务，其中他们观看两个关于名词试验的静态图像（例如，玉米穗和一顶帽子），或关于动词试验的两个动态视频剪辑（例如，一个女人伸展和同一位女士鼓掌），并听到声音提示标记其中一个（例如，“她在哪里伸展？”）。他们还参加了语言和入学准备情况的标准评估。结果表明，词汇处理速度（即他们需要多长时间查看标记的图像或场景）与并发接受词汇量以及两年后的接受词汇量和入学准备程度相关，尽管这种关联较弱对于年幼的孩子。