Studying the Real-Time Interpretation of Novel Noun and Verb Meanings in Young Children

Decades of research show that children rely on the linguistic context in which novel words occur to infer their meanings. However, because learning in these studies was assessed after children had heard numerous occurrences of a novel word in informative linguistic contexts, it is impossible to dete...

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Main Authors: Alex de Carvalho, Mireille Babineau, John C. Trueswell, Sandra R. Waxman, Anne Christophe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00274/full