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Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S.; Custode, Stephanie; Kuchirko, Yana; Escobar, Kelly; Lo, Tiffany – Child Development, 2019
Everyday activities are replete with contextual cues for infants to exploit in the service of learning words. Nelson's (1985) script theory guided the hypothesis that infants participate in a set of predictable activities over the course of a day that provide them with opportunities to hear unique language functions and forms. Mothers and their…
Descriptors: Infants, Family Environment, Linguistic Input, Cues
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Sena, Rhonda; Smith, Linda B. – Child Development, 1990
Results indicate that curvilinear trend in children's understanding of word "big" is not obtained in all stimulus contexts. This suggests that meaning and use of "big" is complex, and may not refer simply to larger objects in a set. Proposes that meaning of "big" constitutes a dynamic system driven by many perceptual,…
Descriptors: College Students, Concept Formation, Context Effect, Early Childhood Education