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Set Size, Individuation, and Attention to Shape
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Cantrell, Lisa; Smith, Linda B. – Cognition, 2013
Much research has demonstrated a shape bias in categorizing and naming solid objects. This research has shown that when an entity is conceptualized as an individual object, adults and children attend to the object's shape. Separate research in the domain of numerical cognition suggest that there are distinct processes for quantifying small and…
Descriptors: Classification, Monolingualism, Preschool Children, Naming
A Cross-Linguistic Comparison of Generic Noun Phrases in English and Mandarin.
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Gelman, Susan A.; Tardif, Twila – Cognition, 1998
Three studies examined adults' generic noun phrases in English and Mandarin Chinese from child-directed speech of caregivers interacting with their toddlers. Found that generic noun phrases were reliably identified in both languages. Generic noun phrases most frequently referred to animals. Non-generic noun phrases were used most frequently for…
Descriptors: Adults, Caregiver Speech, Child Caregivers, Classification
Early Noun Vocabularies: Do Ontology, Category Structure and Syntax Correspond?
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Samuelson, Larissa K.; Smith, Linda B. – Cognition, 1999
Two experiments examined toddlers' noun vocabularies and interpretations of names for solid and non-solid items. Results indicated that one side of the solidity-syntax-category organization mapping was favored. Seventeen- to 33-month olds do not systematically generalize names for solid things by shape similarity until they already know many…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Child Language, Classification