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Direct linkMintz, Toben H. – Developmental Psychology, 2005
Two hundred forty English-speaking toddlers (24- and 36-month-olds) heard novel adjectives applied to familiar objects (Experiment 1) and novel objects (Experiment 2). Children were successful in mapping adjectives to target properties only when information provided by the noun, in conjunction with participants' knowledge of the objects, provided…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Pragmatics, Nouns, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
