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Yoshida, Hanako; Smith, Linda B. – Cognition, 2001
Two experiments examined differences in the early noun learning of English- and Japanese-speaking children. Found that English-speaking children's vocabularies were heavily lopsided with many more object than animal names, whereas Japanese-speaking children's vocabularies were more evenly balanced. Results suggested that early learners of English…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, English