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ERIC Number: EJ434846
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Object Properties and Knowledge in Early Lexical Learning.
Jones, Susan S.; And Others
Child Development, v62 n3 p499-516 Jun 1991
Discusses two experiments concerning the generality of shape bias in two and three year olds. The experiments were intended to provide new information about shape bias in children's novel word extensions. Results suggest that very young children possess considerable knowledge about conditional relations between kinds of perceptual properties. (GLR)
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Learning Strategies, Preschool Children, Semantics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Lexical Learning; Perceptual Categories