Role of adult input in young children's category evolution. I. An observational study  

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Mervis, Carolyn B. ; Mervis, Cynthia A.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Child Language (ada di PROQUEST) vol. 15 no. 2 (Jun. 1988), page 257-272.

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/JCL/15 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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Three factors have been hypothesized to play an important role in the reduction of children's initial overextensions: spontaneous adult use of the correct label, correction of the child's errors, and demonstration of the important attributes that make an object a member of its adult category. The role of these factors was examined in relation to data collected from a longitudinal study of early lexical development. This study used an observational methodology combined with systematic comprehension and production testing. Results indicated that demonstrations were the most important factor in inducing toddlers to assign an object to its adult category. The question of why purely linguistic input initially plays a minor role in changing children's categories is discussed.

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