Words as invitations to name contrasts between objects

An inherent difficulty for infants learning their first language is that when a caregiver presents a name for an object there are many possible referents of the label. For example, the new word could refer to an individual (proper name), a category (count noun), or a property (adjective). Here I e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Campbell, Jennifer
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/50096