The role of novelty in early word learning.
What mechanism implements the mutual exclusivity bias to map novel labels to objects without names? Prominent theoretical accounts of mutual exclusivity (e.g., Markman, 1989, 1990) propose that infants are guided by their knowledge of object names. However, the mutual exclusivity constraint could be...
Main Authors: | Mather, E, Plunkett, K |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2012
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