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Chen, Eva E.; Ng, Cecilia Tsz Ki; Corriveau, Kathleen H.; Yang, Bei; Harris, Paul L. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2020
The early use of person perception terms was examined via an analysis of the spontaneous speech of four young children in conversation with their parents at home. All four children were producing such terms early in their third year. Like their parents, children used the terms in two distinguishable ways: to attribute a trait to a person or to…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Self Concept, Speech Communication, Parent Child Relationship
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Yoshida, Hanako – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2012
A long history of research has considered the role of iconicity in language and the existence and role of nonarbitrary properties in language and the use of language. Previous studies with Japanese-speaking children, whose language defines a large grammatical class of words with clear sound symbolism, suggest that iconicity properties in Japanese…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Speech Communication, Verbs, Linguistics
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Shutts, Kristin; Kinzler, Katherine D.; McKee, Caitlin B.; Spelke, Elizabeth S. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2009
Two experiments investigated the influence of socially conveyed emotions and speech on infants' choices among food. After watching films in which two unfamiliar actresses each spoke while eating a different kind of food, 12-month-old infants were allowed to choose between the two foods. In Experiment 1, infants selected a food endorsed by a…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Infants, Affective Behavior, Social Influences