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ERIC Number: EJ641694
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Learning Words from Knowledgeable versus Ignorant Speakers: Links between Preschoolers' Theory of Mind and Semantic Development.
Sabbagh, Mark A.; Baldwin, Dare A.
Child Development, v72 n4 p1054-70 Jul-Aug 2001
Two studies addressed whether preschoolers consider speakers' knowledge states when establishing initial word-referent links. Children showed better learning from a speaker knowledgeable of novel words' referents than from an ignorant speaker. Four-year-olds, but not 3-year-olds, learned words better when speaker said the object was made by him/her than when the object was made by a friend. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Knowledge Level, Performance Factors, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Semantics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Theory of Mind; Word Learning