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Direct linkWall, Jenna L.; Merriman, William E. – First Language, 2020
When taught a label for an object, and later asked whether that object or a novel object is the referent of a novel label, preschoolers favor the novel object. This article examines whether this so-called disambiguation effect may be undermined by an expectation to communicate about a discovery. This expectation may explain why 4-year-olds do not…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Native Language, Language Acquisition, Preschool Children
