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Peer reviewedLidz, Jeffrey; Waxman, Sandra; Freedman, Jennifer – Cognition, 2003
Examined parental speech data demonstrating that linguistic input to children does not contain sufficient information to support unaided learning of the pronoun "one." Examined 18-month-olds' interpretation of sentences with a "one" substitution. Found that 18-month-olds have command of the syntax of "one." Because…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Experiments, Infants, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedNaigles, Letitia R.; Hoff-Ginsberg, Erika – Developmental Psychology, 1995
Examined the extent to which maternal linguistic input enabled children to use syntactic bootstrapping. Studied uses of 25 common verbs in speech of 57 mothers to their 1-year olds and 2-year olds. Found that verbs can be used to create informative syntactic frames, syntactic frames can cue appropriate verb class, and multiple syntactic framing…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures
