Inflectional bootstrapping in 2-year-olds.

The theory of syntactic bootstrapping proposes that children can use syntax to infer the meanings of words. This paper presents experimental evidence that children are also able to use word inflections to infer word reference. Twenty-four- and 30-month-olds were tested in a preferential looking expe...

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Библиографические подробности
Главные авторы: Jolly, H, Plunkett, K
Формат: Journal article
Язык:English
Опубликовано: 2008