Mutual exclusivity and phonological novelty constrain word learning at 16 months.

Studies report that infants as young as 1 ; 3 to 1 ; 5 will seek out a novel object in response to hearing a novel label (e.g. Halberda, 2003; Markman, Wasow and Hansen, 2003). This behaviour is commonly known as the 'mutual exclusivity' response (Markman, 1989; 1990). However, evidence fo...

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Main Authors: Mather, E, Plunkett, K
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado: 2011