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Peer reviewedDavidson, Denise – Journal of Child Language, 1997
Examined the use of the mutual exclusivity constraint in naming objects among young children monolingual in English or bilingual in English/Urdu or in English/Greek. The study used three tests of the constraint: disambiguation, rejection and restriction. Findings revealed that bilingual children used the constraint to a lesser extent than…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Bilingualism, Child Language, English
