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ERIC Number: EJ348392
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Early Word Meanings: The Case of Object Names.
Huttenlocher, Janellen; Smiley, Patricia
Cognitive Psychology, v19 n1 p63-89 Jan 1987
Three types of overgeneral uses of object names by young children were identified. Production data from 10 children were obtained using a standardized method of recording utterance contexts. Results showed that, like adults, children's object categories applied to objects of particular kinds. Most overgeneral uses were attributable to communicative functions. (BS)
Descriptors: Child Language, Concept Formation, Development, Encoding (Psychology), Language Acquisition, Language Research, Nouns, Object Permanence, Preschool Education, Semantics, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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