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ERIC Number: EJ595791
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0277
Early Noun Vocabularies: Do Ontology, Category Structure and Syntax Correspond?
Samuelson, Larissa K.; Smith, Linda B.
Cognition, v73 n1 p1-33 Nov 9 1999
Two experiments examined toddlers' noun vocabularies and interpretations of names for solid and non-solid items. Results indicated that one side of the solidity-syntax-category organization mapping was favored. Seventeen- to 33-month olds do not systematically generalize names for solid things by shape similarity until they already know many nouns, and do not systematically generalize names for non-solid substances by material similarity. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Child Language, Classification, Cognitive Development, Individual Development, Nouns, Syntax, Toddlers, Verbal Development, Vocabulary Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Categorical Processing (Cognition); Category Knowledge; Count Nouns; Mass Nouns