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Hi Hala, Please read Larissa Samuelson's work carefully. I do not know of any work of hers that has addressed "dialect improvement" or "how do kids utilize what they know to finish an errand."
Her work is about language development and uses dynamic systems as a framework for understanding the developmental process. You should link to the Wikipedia article on dynamic systems, and read at bottom of the article where they discuss dynamic systems in relation to cognitive science. https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Dynamical_systems_theory
You may also want to Google "dynamic systems theory of development" or "dynamic systems theory of word learning" to get a broad view of what dynamic systems is arguing for. It is considered to build on ideas of Jean Piaget who viewed infancy as a time of sensory and motor exploration, with the child actively constructing their understanding of the world through discovery.
Look up Samuelson's articles and read the abstracts to get a sense of how she approaches problems of learning and development. Here are some representative papers.
Smith, L. B., Jones, S. S., Landau, B., Gershkoff-Stowe, L., & Samuelson, L. (2002). Object name learning provides on-the-job training for attention. Psychological Science, 13(1), 13-19.
Horst, J. S., & Samuelson, L. K. (2008). Fast mapping but poor retention by 24-month-old infants. Infancy, 13(2), 128-157.
Samuelson, L., & Smith, L. B. (2000). Grounding development in cognitive processes. Child Development, 71(1), 98-106.
As you are researching Larissa Samuelson take a look at this links that discuss her study of messy eating that got a lot of attention!
https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/23/to-smoosh-peas-is-to-learn/
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/12/16/messy-babies-make-faster-learners.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131202082318.htm
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/02/messy-kids-learning-study_n_4373548.html
Here are some other links to help you establish her notability and get a handle on her research:
http://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2011/02/building-biases.aspx