Corpus of 100 children's picture books (68,103 words)¶
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Evidence · 4 claims (4 for) · 1 study (1 associational),q2· 0 of 1 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study
Description¶
A corpus created by Montag Jessica L. et al. containing the text of 100 children's picture books selected for study of language input and early vocabulary learning among children aged 0 to 60 months.
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Claims¶
- The text of children's picture books contains more unique word types than a length-matched sample of child-directed speech [+W]
- At matched token sizes, samples of picture-book text almost never contain fewer unique word types than samples of child-directed speech [+W]
- Individual picture books typically contain more unique words at a given sample size than individual conversations [+W]
- The greater diversity of book input arises mainly because different books sample the language more broadly than different conversations do [+W]
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Key Sources¶
- Montag Jessica L., Jones Michael N., Smith Linda B. (2015). The words children hear: Picture books and the statistics for language learning. Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797615594361
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Corpus of 100 children's picture books (68,103 words) |
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A corpus created by Montag Jessica L. |
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