Descriptor
| Child Language | 1 |
| Language Acquisition | 1 |
| Language Usage | 1 |
| Novelty (Stimulus Dimension) | 1 |
| Syntax | 1 |
| Toddlers | 1 |
| Verbal Development | 1 |
| Verbs | 1 |
Source
| Journal of Experimental Child… | 1 |
Author
| Merriman, William E. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedMerriman, William E.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1996
Two experiments showed two-year-olds pairs of videotaped actions, one familiar and one novel, and asked them to select referents of novel verbs. For actions not involving objects, children tended to select the novel action over the familiar one in each of four experiments. For actions involving objects, novel actions were chosen more often than…
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Usage, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
