The early acquisition of word meaning
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20367179 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter A Reich, Peter Reich (University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 117-123 |
| Publication date | 1976-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Child Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-0009 • E-ISSN: 1469-7602 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0305000900001343 |
| OpenAlex | W2082380939 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 6 |
The development of the meaning of shoe in one pre-lingual child, plus additional examples drawn from the literature, support a notion that word meanings start out very narrow and only become overextended later, though sometimes before the word is spoken. This appears to contradict the course of development of meaning hypothesized by Clark (1973). It is argued that the early development of word meaning is simply a special case of a much more general learning process
Developmental psychology · Language acquisition · Language development · Linguistics · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Language Development and Disorders · Philosophy · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development
Who is ‘Daddy’ revisited
Priming overgeneralizations in two- and four-year-old children
Lexical development and overextension in child language
Overextensions and underextensions
The early acquisition of word meaning
Overextension and underextension in the child's expressive and receptive speech
Bierwisch's analysis as a test of the SFH
Language Development
The Mutual Exclusivity Bias in Children's Word Learning
Early bilingual development
Item-learning and system-learning
"Korean putting verbs do not categorize space contrastively in terms of "tightness of fit
Language comprehension and use by great apes
Broadening and narrowing in lexical development
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,28 |
| Citation span | 1976 - 2011 (36) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |