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| Journal of Child Language | 1 |
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Peer reviewedGopnik, Alison – Journal of Child Language, 1982
Discusses children's acquisition of non-nominal, abstract words and argues that the use of these words parallels the child's cognitive development in trial-and-error problem solving and in development of insight. (EKN)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Infants
