Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ545074
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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Restricting a Familiar Name in Response to Learning a New One: Evidence for the Mutual Exclusivity Bias in Young Two-Year-Olds.
Merriman, William E.; Stevenson, Colleen M.
Child Development, v68 n2 p211-28 Apr 1997
Used new test to determine whether 24-month olds interpret novel words in accordance with Mutual Exclusivity Bias. Found that when asked to select exemplars of a familiar noun, they avoided objects from previously read story in which novel nouns were used as atypical exemplars of familiar noun. When pronouns and proper names replaced novel nouns, toddlers did not avoid story objects. (KB)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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