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ERIC Number: EJ670188
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0277
Infants' Understanding of False Labeling Events: The Referential Roles of Words and the Speakers Who Use Them.
Koenig, Melissa A.; Echols, Catharine H.
Cognition, v87 n3 p179-208 Apr 2003
Four studies examined whether 16-month-olds' responses to true/false utterances interacted with their knowledge of human agents. Findings suggested that infants are developing a critical conception of human speakers as truthful communicators and that infants understand that human speakers may provide uniquely useful information when a word fails to match its referent, consistent with views regarding infants' recognition of knowledge differences and their basis in differences in perceptual experience availability. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Early Experience, Infant Behavior, Infants, Intention, Knowledge Level, Language Acquisition, Performance Factors
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Referential Communication