Input to Verb Learning: Evidence for the Plausibility of Syntactic Bootstrapping.

Naigles, Letitia R.; Hoff-Ginsberg, Erika

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ERIC Number: EJ510637

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Publication Date: 1995

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Input to Verb Learning: Evidence for the Plausibility of Syntactic Bootstrapping.

Naigles, Letitia R.; Hoff-Ginsberg, Erika

Developmental Psychology, v31 n5 p827-37 Sep 1995

Examined the extent to which maternal linguistic input enabled children to use syntactic bootstrapping. Studied uses of 25 common verbs in speech of 57 mothers to their 1-year olds and 2-year olds. Found that verbs can be used to create informative syntactic frames, syntactic frames can cue appropriate verb class, and multiple syntactic framing aids verb learning. (JW)

Descriptors: Aural Learning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Infants, Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Learning Processes, Linguistic Input, Parent Influence, Parents as Teachers, Syntax, Verbal Development, Verbal Learning, Verbs

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Language: English

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