Breaking the Language Barrier: An Emergentist Coalition Model for the Origins of Word Learning

Presents emergentist coalition theory of language development characterizing lexical acquisition as the emergent product of cognitive constraints, social-pragmatic factors, and global attentional mechanisms. Details 12 experiments with 12- to 25-month-olds using the development of reference as test...

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Published in:Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development 2000, Vol.65 (3), p.1
Main Author: Hollich, George J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Differences
Attention
Cognitive Development
Constructivism (Learning)
Infants
Language Acquisition
Pragmatics
Referents (Linguistics)
Theories
Toddlers
Word Learning
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Summary:Presents emergentist coalition theory of language development characterizing lexical acquisition as the emergent product of cognitive constraints, social-pragmatic factors, and global attentional mechanisms. Details 12 experiments with 12- to 25-month-olds using the development of reference as test case of the theory. Presents evidence that children construct principles of word learning with resulting changes in the character of word learning. (Author/KB)
ISSN:0037-976X