Discontinuity of Reference Hinders Children's Learning of New Words
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21301773 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jessica F Schwab (0000-0003-0123-7969, Princeton University, corresponding author), Casey Lew‐william (0000-0002-8781-4458, Princeton University), Casey Lew-Williams (Princeton University) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | e29-e41 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Child Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-3920 • E-ISSN: 1467-8624 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/cdev.13189 |
| PMID | 30516268 |
| OpenAlex | W2902258595 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 51 |
When referring to objects, adults package words, sentences, and gestures in ways that shape children's learning. Here, to understand how continuity of reference shapes word learning, an adult taught new words to 4-year-old children (N = 120) using either clusters of references to the same object or no sequential references to each object. In three experiments, the adult used a combination of labels and other object references, which provided informative discourse (e.g., This is small and green), neutral discourse (e.g., This is really great), or no verbal discourse. Switching verbal references from one object to another interfered with learning relative to providing clustered references to a particular object, revealing that discontinuity in discourse hinders children's encoding of new words
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Discontinuity (linguistics) · Gesture · Linguistics · Nonverbal communication · Object (grammar) · Verbal learning · Vocabulary · Word (group theory) · Word learning · Child and Animal Learning Development · Communication · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Language Development and Disorders · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |