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ERIC Number: EJ545004
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Lexical Principles May Underlie the Learning of Verbs.
Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick; And Others
Child Development, v67 n6 p3101-19 Dec 1996
Children at 34 months of age were asked to point to a "Sesame Street" character performing an action in sets of four drawings. With familiar words and actions, children made correct choices 97% of the time. With novel action words, children performed at levels mostly above chance. (BC)
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Learning Processes, Toddlers, Verbs
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Word Learning