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Peer reviewedHuttenlocher, Janellen; Smiley, Patricia – Cognitive Psychology, 1987
Three types of overgeneral uses of object names by young children were identified. Production data from 10 children were obtained using a standardized method of recording utterance contexts. Results showed that, like adults, children's object categories applied to objects of particular kinds. Most overgeneral uses were attributable to…
Descriptors: Child Language, Concept Formation, Development, Encoding (Psychology)
