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Peer reviewedChapman, Kathy L.; Mervis, Carolyn B. – Journal of Child Language, 1989
The evolution of young children's categories, as measured by category name production, was studied. Results indicated that four sequences of category evolution were found, formed by the intersection of two factors: overlap vs. mutual exclusivity and first re-assignment separate vs. first re-assignment joint. (26 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Child Language, Classification, Language Acquisition
