Semantic Constraints on Word Learning: Proper Names and Adjectives.

Hall, D. Geoffrey

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ERIC Number: EJ493584

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Publication Date: 1994

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Semantic Constraints on Word Learning: Proper Names and Adjectives.

Hall, D. Geoffrey

Child Development, v65 n5 p1299-1317 Oct 1994

Four experiments examined three- and four-year olds' interpretations of novel words applied to familiar objects in the sentence frame "This Y is X," where X is a novel word and Y is a familiar count noun. Results indicated that preschoolers understood that the novel words were either proper names or adjectives/mass nouns. (MDM)

Descriptors: Adjectives, Childhood Attitudes, Language Attitudes, Language Usage, Nouns, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Semantics, Vocabulary Development

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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