Youngon Choi
Biographic Data
| ID | 3839322 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Youngon Choi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Youngon |
| FAMILY NAME | Choi |
| SIGNATURE | CHOI Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Duke University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0698-1511 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Systematic reexamination of early verb dominance
Early language input to infants varies in lexical composition across languages and contexts. For instance, American-English input emphasizes nouns more than verbs, while Mandarin Chinese and Korean inputs provide more verbs than nouns, the difference of which is considered an influential factor in the child's early vocabulary acquisition. Furthermore, a possibility was raised that nonverbal input accompanying child-directed language provides addi…
Cultural divergence in children's selective word learning
Although children generally regard adults as more knowledgeable than their peers, an informant's past accuracy trumps age when in conflict. In a recent study, however, Korean 5‐year‐olds were more likely to trust a less accurate adult informant over a more accurate peer informant when learning new information. To examine whether such a pattern was attributable to the cultural influence of shaping early respect for the elderly among Korean childre…
Young Children's Use of Prosody in Sentence Parsing
Young Children's Use of Prosody in Sentence Parsing
Cultural divergence in children's selective word learning
Although children generally regard adults as more knowledgeable than their peers, an informant's past accuracy trumps age when in conflict. In a recent study, however, Korean 5‐year‐olds were more likely to trust a less accurate adult informant over a more accurate peer informant when learning new information. To examine whether such a pattern was attributable to the cultural influence of shaping early respect for the elderly among Korean childre…
Systematic reexamination of early verb dominance
Early language input to infants varies in lexical composition across languages and contexts. For instance, American-English input emphasizes nouns more than verbs, while Mandarin Chinese and Korean inputs provide more verbs than nouns, the difference of which is considered an influential factor in the child's early vocabulary acquisition. Furthermore, a possibility was raised that nonverbal input accompanying child-directed language provides addi…
Child and Animal Learning Development (2 works) · Comprehension (2 works) · Language Development and Disorders (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Ambiguity (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Cognition (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Cultural Differences and Values (1 work)