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Direct linkSchwab, Jessica F.; Lew-Williams, Casey – Child Development, 2020
When referring to objects, adults package words, sentences, and gestures in ways that shape children's learning. Here, to understand how continuity of reference shapes word learning, an adult taught new words to 4-year-old children (N = 120) using either clusters of references to the same object or no sequential references to each object. In three…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Vocabulary Development, Adults, Preschool Children
