Pragmatics Directions and Children's Word Learning.

Clark, Eve V.; Grossman, James B.

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ERIC Number: EJ566350

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Pragmatics Directions and Children's Word Learning.

Clark, Eve V.; Grossman, James B.

Journal of Child Language, v25 n1 p1-18 Feb 1998

This study tested the hypothesis that children as young as two years use what adults tell them about meaning relations when making inferences about new words. Subjects (n=18) learned two new terms, with instructions to treat one term as superordinate to the other or replace one with the other, and with no instructions. Children used both kinds of pragmatic directions. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Child Language, Inferences, Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Language Research, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Linguistic Theory, Pragmatics, Preschool Children, Vocabulary Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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