Moving Beyond "Nouns in the Lab": Using Naturalistic Data to Understand Why Infants' First Words Include Uh-Oh and Hi

Why do infants learn some words earlier than others? Many theories of early word learning focus on explaining how infants map labels onto concrete objects. However, words that are more abstract than object nouns, such as uh-oh, hi, more, up, and all-gone, are typically among the first to appear in i...

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Published in:Developmental psychology 2023-11, Vol.59 (11), p.2162-2173
Main Authors: Casey, Kennedy, Potter, Christine E., Lew-Williams, Casey, Wojcik, Erica H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Caregivers
Cognitive Mapping
Comprehension
Computational Linguistics
Eye Fixation
Eye Movements
Eye tracking
Female
Human
Humans
Infant
Infant Development
Infants
Language
Language Acquisition
Language Development
Language Processing
Learnability
Learning
Learning Theories
Linguistic Input
Male
Nouns
Observation Methods
Observational studies
Referents
Theories
Theory
Tracking
Validity
Verbal Learning
Video Technology
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Development
Vocabulary learning
Word Frequency
Words
Words (Phonetic Units)
Young Children
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