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Direct linkCasenhiser, Devin M. – Journal of Child Language, 2005
Research in diachronic linguistics has shown that homonyms are often dispreferred in language. This study proposes that this trend is mirrored in the difficulties that children encounter in mapping homonyms. Two experiments are presented in support of this proposition. In Experiment 1, 16 preschool children (mean age = 4;6) are shown to perform…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Form Classes (Languages), Preschool Children, Case Studies
