Children's Use of Information in Word Learning.

Kit-Fong Au, Terry

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ERIC Number: EJ410448

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Publication Date: 1990

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Children's Use of Information in Word Learning.

Kit-Fong Au, Terry

Journal of Child Language, v17 n2 p393-416 Jun 1990

Examines how children's beliefs about word meanings may affect their use of contrastive linguistic information in the input of word learning. Two separate studies are discussed that involve how three- and four-year-old children handled new word meanings after exposure to novel terms. (58 references) (GLR)

Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Definitions, Language Research, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Semantics, Vocabulary Development, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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