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Peer reviewedGolinkoff, Roberta Michnick; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1992
In three experiments, adults and 30-month-old children (1) selected a novel object as the referent for a novel term; (2) extended the new word to another exemplar; and (3) allowed the new word to preempt another novel label from applying to the just-named object. (BC)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Classification, Comparative Analysis
Butterfield, Gail B.; Butterfield, Earl C. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1977
People of ages 4, 6, 8, 10, 20 and 70 years named pictures selected to represent the entire range of lexical consensus among 20-year-olds. Consensus within each group increased with age, up to 20. Data indicate words coding culturally important events are acquired earliest. (CHK)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Language Acquisition, Lexicology, Verbal Development
