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Direct linkShafto, Carissa L.; Havasi, Catherine; Snedeker, Jesse – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Languages differ in how they package the components of an event into words to form sentences. For example, while some languages typically encode the manner of motion in the verb (e.g., running), others more often use verbs that encode the path (e.g., ascending). Prior research has demonstrated that children and adults have lexicalization biases;…
Descriptors: Children, Adults, Semantics, Generalization
Peer reviewedSamuelson, Larissa K. – Developmental Psychology, 2002
This research tested the hypothesis that young children's bias to generalize names for solid objects by shape is the product of statistical regularities among nouns in the early productive vocabulary. Fifteen- to 20-month-olds given intensive naming experiences with typical noun categories developed a precocious shape bias and showed accelerated…
Descriptors: Bias, Dimensional Preference, Language Acquisition, Models
Peer reviewedCramer, Phebe – Developmental Psychology, 1972
The possible interaction between age-relevant facilitative instructions and the occurrence of phonetic and semantic generalization was investigated. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Associative Learning, Error Patterns, Grade 1
