Learning Names for Plants and Flants for Names.

Dougherty, J. W. D.

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Publication Date: 1979-Sep

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Learning Names for Plants and Flants for Names.

Dougherty, J. W. D.

Anthropological Linguistics, v21 n6 p298-315 Sep 1979

Investigates the processes by which children develop basic morphological categories of plants and learn to relate such categories to one another by inclusion and contrast. Suggests that the parallel thought sequences observed in random subjects engaged in this task may reflect universals of perception and cognition. (PMJ)

Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition, Onomastics, Plant Identification, Verbal Communication, Vocabulary Development

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Language: English

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