Everyday talk informs toddlers’ novel verb generalizations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20342806 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Melissa A Smith (0000-0002-6745-8900, University of North Carolina at Asheville, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 404-424 |
| Publication date | 2011-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | First Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0142-7237 • E-ISSN: 1740-2344 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0142723711399369 |
| OpenAlex | W2127638876 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
This study explores the effects of discourse context on a child’s ability to generalize transitively trained novel verbs in an experimental setting and the ability to diversely use intransitive constructions in everyday talk. Two- and three-year-olds participated in novel verb training and play sessions. An effect of discourse context was found; novel verbs were used most often in training, rather than elicitation. Thirty percent of the children generalized a transitively trained novel verb to an intransitive construction. The generalizing children differed from non-generalizers in the proportion with which they used familiar intransitive verbs diversely during play. Thus, the process through which children come to generalize verbs may be influenced by their everyday verb usage on a construction by construction basis
Context (archaeology) · Everyday life · Linguistics · Modal verb · Verb · Child and Animal Learning Development · History · Language Development and Disorders · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |