Vera Kempe

List of John Benjamins publications for which Vera Kempe plays a role.

Articles

Kempe, Vera and Patricia J. Brooks 2016 Miniature natural language learning in L2 acquisition researchCognitive Individual Differences in Second Language Processing and Acquisition, Granena, Gisela, Daniel O. Jackson and Yucel Yilmaz (eds.), pp. 41–67 | Chapter
Researchers who wish to study mechanisms underlying second language (L2) learning and factors influencing its success face a trade-off between low experimental control in studies of naturalistic language acquisition and low typological and ecological validity in studies of artificial language… read more
Kempe, Vera, Patricia J. Brooks and Steven Gillis 2007 13. Diminutives provide multiple benefits for language acquisitionThe Acquisition of Diminutives: A cross-linguistic perspective, Savickienė, Ineta and Wolfgang U. Dressler (eds.), pp. 319–342 | Chapter
This chapter explores the hypothesis that diminutive usage in child-directed speech may provide multiple benefits for language acquisition. We summarize a series of experiments that exposed naïve English-speaking adults to Dutch or Russian diminutives, and tested their ability to isolate words in… read more