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  2. A vocabulary spurt is a rapid increase in the number of words a child acquires, typically occurring around the ages of 18 to 24 months. This phenomenon often follows a period of slower language development and signifies a transition in a child's language abilities, where they begin to understand and produce words at an accelerated rate.

  3. vocabulary spurt occurs, leading to the ability to represent words in more accurate detail as more and more words are learned (though see Swingley & Aslin, 2002, for conflicting ideas).

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  4. Jul 1, 2004 · vocabulary spurt occurs, leading to the ability to represent words in more accurate detail as more and more words are learned (though see Swingley & Aslin, 2002, for conflicting ideas).

  5. Dec 1, 2020 · The vocabulary spurt is defined by a rapid acceleration of the pace at which toddlers add new words to their productive vocabulary. As can be seen in Figure 3 , in the first few months after children produce their first word, new words are added to the vocabulary slowly—one or two a week.

    • Larissa K. Samuelson, Larissa K. Samuelson, Bob McMurray
    • 10.1002/wcs.1421
    • 2017
    • 2017/01
  6. The authors asked whether there is evidence to support the existence of the vocabulary spurt, an increase in the rate of word learning that is thought to occur during the 2nd year of life. Using longitudinal data from 38 children, they modeled the rate of word learning with two functions, one with a …

  7. Vocabulary Spurts. The psychological literature on vocabulary spurts in children is in an interesting state of turmoil. The spurt is usually taken to mean a sharp increase in vocabulary acquisition in the second year of life.

  8. This longitudinal study starts by examining important predictors (SES, parent input, child gesture) of vocabulary growth between 14 and 46 months (n=62), and then uses growth estimates to predict children's vocabulary at 54 months.