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Peer reviewedLeonard, Laurence B.; And Others – Child Development, 1981
Children exhibiting a referential orientation seem more likely to acquire new object names than nonreferentially oriented children. Also, children's selection of words may be influenced by the phonological structure of the words. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Child Language, Infants, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedHall, D. Goeffrey; Waxman, Sandra R. – Child Development, 1993
In two experiments, preschoolers interpreted a novel count noun applied to an unfamiliar stuffed animal as referring to a basic-level (such as a person or a dog) kind of object rather than to a context (such as a passenger) or a life-phase (such as a puppy) kind of object. (MDM)
Descriptors: Familiarity, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedTaylor, Marjorie; Gelman, Susan A. – Child Development, 1989
Results of four experiments suggest that two-year-olds may be capable of forming inclusion relations when they hear a novel word for an object that already has a familiar name. (PCB)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns
