On the Evidence for Prelinguistic Concepts
Language acquisition is often said to be a process of mapping words into pre-existing concepts. If that is right, then we ought to be able to obtain experimental evidence for the existence of concepts in prelinguistic children, as intended in the work of Paul Quinn. This paper argues that Quinn'...
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| description | Language acquisition is often said to be a process of mapping words into pre-existing concepts. If that is right, then we ought to be able to obtain experimental evidence for the existence of concepts in prelinguistic children, as intended in the work of Paul Quinn. This paper argues that Quinn's results have an alternative explanation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e2ab3355663f401e920fd0b3573bce312022-12-22T00:18:16ZengUniversity of the Basque CountryTheoria0495-45482171-679X2010-01-0120328729710.1387/theoria.563560On the Evidence for Prelinguistic ConceptsChristopher GAUKERLanguage acquisition is often said to be a process of mapping words into pre-existing concepts. If that is right, then we ought to be able to obtain experimental evidence for the existence of concepts in prelinguistic children, as intended in the work of Paul Quinn. This paper argues that Quinn's results have an alternative explanation.http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/563concept acquisition, language learning, similarity. |
| spellingShingle | Christopher GAUKER On the Evidence for Prelinguistic Concepts Theoria concept acquisition, language learning, similarity. |
| title | On the Evidence for Prelinguistic Concepts |
| title_full | On the Evidence for Prelinguistic Concepts |
| title_fullStr | On the Evidence for Prelinguistic Concepts |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the Evidence for Prelinguistic Concepts |
| title_short | On the Evidence for Prelinguistic Concepts |
| title_sort | on the evidence for prelinguistic concepts |
| topic | concept acquisition, language learning, similarity. |
| url | http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/563 |
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