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Peer reviewedWaxman, Sandra R. – Cognition, 1999
This study examined how novel words foster the formation of object categories for 12- to 13-month olds. Results indicated that by 12 to 13 months, infants have begun to distinguish between novel words presented as count nouns versus adjectives in fluent, infant-directed speech, and that infants' expectations for novel words accord with this…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Classification, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation
