expressive vocabulary
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexpressiveandvocabulary
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expressive
adjective
uk/ɪkˈspres.ɪv/us/ɪkˈspres.ɪv/
showing what someone thinks ...
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vocabulary
noun
uk/vəˈkæb.jə.lər.i/us/voʊˈkæb.jə.ler.i/
all the words known and used by a ...
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(Definition ofexpressiveandvocabularyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Observed and reportedexpressivevocabularyand word combinations in bilingual toddlers.
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Relationships between working memory,expressivevocabulary, and arithmetical reasoning in children with and without intellectual disabilities.
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The pattern of results should be different forexpressivevocabulary.
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In theexpressivevocabularytest, children were asked to label the target items.
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Answering labelling questions, however, should have a powerful effect onexpressivevocabulary.
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Thus, the effect of phonotactic probability on production andexpressivevocabularyis similar.
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This analysis demonstrated clearly that early production is the best predictor of laterexpressivevocabulary.
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A word-finding test was devised to provide a measure ofexpressivevocabulary.
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Theexpressivevocabularymeasure for this study was lexical diversity in spontaneous speech.
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Once again, there was a wide range of variation inexpressivevocabularyscores.
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Theexpressivevocabularyadvantage was present even before any of the children began to combine words.
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High phonotactic probability appears to facilitate production and acquisition ofexpressivevocabularyby children.
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The implications of these findings for models ofexpressivevocabularydevelopment are discussed.
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They were matched with three control groups for morphological production,expressivevocabulary, and vocabulary comprehension.
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Would the child demonstrate anyexpressivevocabularyknowledge?
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As withexpressivevocabulary, there is considerable variation across children.
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There was no pretest for theexpressivevocabulary.
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Second, receptive andexpressivevocabularyacquisition can be likened to recognition and recall.
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Would the size of his/herexpressivevocabularydiffer from that of peers?
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