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The impact of lexical factors on children's word-finding errors.

Diane J German1, Rochelle S Newman

  • 1Department of Special Education, National-Louis University, Chicago, IL 60090-7201, USA. dgerman@nl.edu

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research : JSLHR
|June 24, 2004
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Children with word-finding difficulties struggle with naming words influenced by factors like word frequency and neighborhood density. These lexical factors impact error types, affecting word retrieval success.

Area of Science:

  • Child language acquisition
  • Speech-language pathology
  • Psycholinguistics

Background:

  • Word-finding difficulties are common in children.
  • Lexical factors may influence word retrieval.
  • Understanding these factors is crucial for intervention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate target word characteristics affecting naming in children with word-finding difficulties.
  • To analyze the types of naming errors made by these children.
  • To explore the influence of lexical factors on word-finding errors.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective, exploratory study of 30 children (aged 8-12) with word-finding difficulties.
  • Analysis of target words based on frequency, age of acquisition, familiarity, and neighborhood density.

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  • Examination of naming errors, including substitutions and phonological errors.

    • Main Results:

    • Neighborhood density predicted word-finding success.
    • Substitutions were influenced by word frequency, age of acquisition, and neighborhood density.
    • Neighborhood density predicted form-related errors (e.g., blocked errors).
    • Word frequency and neighborhood frequency predicted form-segment-related errors (e.g., phonological errors).

    Conclusions:

    • Lexical factors significantly impact word-finding abilities and error patterns in children.
    • Different word types may lead to lexical access failures at various processing stages.
    • Findings have implications for understanding and addressing word-finding difficulties.