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Direct linkPreissler, Melissa Allen; Carey, Susan – Cognition, 2005
Young children are readily able to use known labels to constrain hypotheses about the meanings of new words under conditions of referential ambiguity. At issue is the kind of information children use to constrain such hypotheses. According to one theory, children take into account the speaker's intention when solving a referential puzzle. In the…
Descriptors: Inferences, Autism, Language Acquisition, Intention
