Lexical extension and overextension by blind children

This study investigated lexical extension and overextension by three blind children, ages 1;8, 2;1 and 2;5, who had vocabularies of at least 50 words but did not yet produce two-word utterances. Theories of semantic development take it for granted that vision provides the child with access to a grea...

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Main Author: Kearns, Kimberly Anne
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29139