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This research examines how vocabulary knowledge and processing abilities affect sentence prediction in children with developmental language disorder.

April 23, 2026Journal of Speech Language and Hearing ResearchOpen Access

Sentence Prediction Deficits in Developmental Language Disorder Are a Product of Vocabulary Knowledge and Processing Abilities

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JKJustin B. Kueser COClaney OutzenPurdue University West Lafayette ABArielle BorovskyPurdue University West Lafayette

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Children with developmental language disorder show sentence prediction deficits linked to vocabulary and processing abilities, indicating important cognitive challenges.

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This research examines how vocabulary knowledge and processing abilities affect sentence prediction in children with developmental language disorder.
Compared performances of children with developmental language disorder and typical development in offline and online tasks.
Assessed lexicosemantic knowledge and online predictive processing through pointing tasks and eye tracking.
Conducted two experiments with varying sentence complexity and speed.
Children with developmental language disorder showed lower lexicosemantic knowledge than typically developing peers.
Sentence predictions improved in faster sentences for both groups, but children with developmental language disorder struggled more over time in slower sentences.
Deficits in sentence prediction were linked to both vocabulary knowledge and processing capabilities.

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Kueser et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e9b8d485696592c86ebdc6 https://doi.org/10.1044/2026_jslhr-25-00121

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Children with developmental language disorder show sentence prediction deficits linked to vocabulary and processing abilities, indicating important cognitive challenges.

Sentence Prediction Deficits in Developmental Language Disorder Are a Product of Vocabulary Knowledge and Processing Abilities

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Sentence Prediction Deficits in Developmental Language Disorder Are a Product of Vocabulary Knowledge and Processing Abilities

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