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ERIC Number: EJ260192
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982-Feb
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Leopards Are Kitty-Cats: Object Labeling by Mothers for Their Thirteen-Month-Olds.
Mervis, Carolyn B.; Mervis, Cynthia A.
Child Development, v53 n1 p267-73 Feb 1982
Tests the hypothesis that mothers would label objects with adult-basic level terms when talking to other adults, but would label the same objects with child-basic terms when speaking to their young children who were just starting to talk, even though these labels may be very much "incorrect" by adult standards. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Child Language, Code Switching (Language), Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Usage, Mothers, Oral Language
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Labeling (of Objects)