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- Title
Assumptions about Word Meaning: Individuation and Basic-Level Kinds.
- Authors
Hall, D. Geoffrey; Waxman, Sandra R.
- Abstract
Examines how children learn the meaning of words through basic-level and individuation interpretations. Interpretations made akin to person; Role of object familiarity and explicit information in the learning of count nouns for situation-restricted kinds; Learning through ostensive definitions.
- Subjects
COGNITION in children; INDIVIDUATION (Psychology)
- Publication
Child Development, 1993, Vol 64, Issue 5, p1550
- ISSN
0009-3920
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1131552