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ERIC Number: EJ491660
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Two-Year-Olds Readily Learn Multiple Labels for the Same Basic-Level Category.
Mervis, Carolyn B.
Child Development, v65 n4 p1163-77 Aug 1994
Three studies examined two-year olds' understanding of novel terms for objects that they are already familiar with under another name. The studies found that the new term was most likely to be treated as a second basic-level name for the category to which the object belonged. (MDM)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Classification, Toddlers, Vocabulary Development, Word Recognition
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Object Naming