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About the Language Learning and Development format

Language Learning and Development is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Language Development and Disorders, Reading and Literacy Development, Child and Animal Learning Development.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Language Learning and Development 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inLanguage Development and Disorders Reading and Literacy Development Child and Animal Learning Development Phonetics and Phonology Research Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
ISSN1547-3341
Citation impact (2-yr)0.84
h-index70
i10-index271
Total citations17,605
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of California San Diego
Journal websitewww.tandfonline.com
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Papers published in Language Learning and Development per year

24
2014
11
2015
31
2016
30
2017
20
2018
21
2019
26
2020
39
2021
30
2022
13
2023
34
2024
20
2025

Citation impact of Language Learning and Development by publication year

1.3K
2014
226
2015
741
2016
1.1K
2017
638
2018
246
2019
344
2020
532
2021
175
2022
67
2023
38
2024
13
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Language Learning and Development

Regularizing Unpredictable Variation: The Roles of Adult and Child Learners in Language Formation and Change

Carla L. Hudson Kam, Elissa L. Newport · 1 Apr 2005

In this article we investigate what learners acquire when their input contains inconsistent grammatical morphemes such as those present in pidgins and incipient creoles. In particular, we ask if learners acquire variability veridically or if they change it, making the language more regular as they learn it. In Experiment 1 we taught adult participants an…

529 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Hard Words

Lila R. Gleitman, Kimberly Wright Cassidy, Rebecca Nappa et al. · 1 Jan 2005

Abstract How do children acquire the meaning of words? And why are words such as know harder for learners to acquire than words such as dog or jump? We suggest that the chief limiting factor in acquiring the vocabulary of natural languages consists not in overcoming conceptual difficulties with abstract word meanings but rather in…

469 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
PRIMIR: A Developmental Framework of Infant Speech Processing

Janet F. Werker, Suzanne Curtin · 1 Apr 2005

Over the past few years, there has been an increasing emphasis on studying the link between infant speech perception and later language acquisition. This research has yielded some seemingly contradictory findings: In some studies infants appear to use phonetic and indexical detail that they fail to use in other studies. In this article we present…

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Early Speech Perception and Later Language Development: Implications for the "Critical Period"

Patricia K. Kuhl, Barbara T. Conboy, Denise Padden et al. · 1 Oct 2005

In this article, we present a summary of recent research linking speech perception in infancy to later language development, as well as a new empirical study examining that linkage. Infant phonetic discrimination is initially language universal, but a decline in phonetic discrimination occurs for nonnative phonemes by the end of the 1st year. Exploiting this…

358 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Language Learning and Development template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Language Learning and Development format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Language Learning and Development template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Taylor & Francis format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Language Learning and Development use?
Language Learning and Development uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Language Learning and Development 12 (3): 45–58.
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Language Learning and Development is a multidisciplinary journal published by Taylor & Francis. DocuGuru's Language Learning and Development template matches Taylor & Francis's official submission format.
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