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Peer reviewedNaigles, Letitia R. – Cognition, 2002
Offers resolutions to the paradox of infants' ability to abstract patterns over specific items and toddlers' lack of ability to generalize patterns over specific English words/constructions. Argues that contradictions are rooted in differing methodologies and stimuli content. Suggests that the patterns infants extract from linguistic input are not…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comprehension, Expressive Language, Infants
