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- Title
Taking stock as theories of word learning take shape.
- Authors
Booth, Amy E.; Waxman, Sandra R.
- Abstract
In this paper we consider the perceptual and conceptual contributions that shape early word learning, using research on the shape bias as a case in point. In our view, conceptual, linguistic, social-pragmatic, and perceptual sources of information influence one another powerfully and continuously in the service of word learning throughout infancy and early childhood. We articulate several key points of convergence and divergence between our theoretical perspective and that of the attentional learning account. Finally, we consider the broader implications of this debate for clarifying the forces that constrain development.
- Subjects
LEARNING; COMPREHENSION; INFANTS; CHILD development; COGNITIVE development
- Publication
Developmental Science, 2008, Vol 11, Issue 2, p185
- ISSN
1363-755X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00664.x