Brain potentials for word segmentation at seven months predict later language development

Caroline Junge; Peter Hagoort; Valesca Kooijman; Anne Cutler

Brain potentials for word segmentation at seven months predict later language development

Caroline Junge, Peter Hagoort, Valesca Kooijman, Anne Cutler

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Abstract

A lexicon maps words to concepts. For infants starting to acquire a lexicon, successfully mapping between word and concept requires not only being able to identify the concept, but crucially, also being able to identify the word. This is not as easy as it seems, since infants mainly hear multi-word utterances, with pauses in the speech signal not corresponding reliably to word onsets. Hence, the ability to segment words from speech is vital for vocabulary acquisition.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 34th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD 34), 6-8 November 2009
Publisher	Cascadilla Press
Pages	209-220
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	9781574731552
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	Boston University Conference on Language Development - Duration: 6 Nov 2009 → …

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Conference	Boston University Conference on Language Development
Period	6/11/09 → …

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Brain potentials for word segmentation at seven months predict later language development. / Junge, Caroline; Hagoort, Peter; Kooijman, Valesca et al.
Proceedings of the 34th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD 34), 6-8 November 2009. Cascadilla Press, 2010. p. 209-220.

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper › peer-review

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