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- Publisher
- Wiley
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
- ISSN
- 1363-755X
- eISSN
- 1467-7687
- DOI
- 10.1111/desc.12289
- pmid
- 25702754
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Abstract
When children acquire language, they often learn words in the absence of direct instruction (e.g. ‘This is a ball!’) or even social cues to reference (e.g. eye gaze, pointing). However, there are few accounts of how children do this, especially in cases where the referent of a new word is ambiguous. Across two experiments, we test whether preschoolers (2‐ to 4‐year‐olds; n = 239) can learn new words by inferring the referent of a new word from the surrounding linguistic discourse. Across two experiments, we show that children as young as 2 can learn a new word from the linguistic discourse in which it appears. This suggests that children use the linguistic discourse in which a word appears to learn new words.
Journal
Developmental Science – Wiley
Published: Jan 1, 2016