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The Effects of Perceptual Alignment and Linguistic Contrast on Preschoolers’ Indirect Property-Word Learning

Description:

Young children can sometimes acquire new vocabulary words—even property terms—through indirect learning (e.g. Carey & Bartlett, 1978). We explore two factors that contribute to this ability—perceptual alignment and linguistic contrast. We propose that spontaneous comparison processes lead children to notice key commonalities and differences that facilitate indirect property word learning....

Keyword:

property words, linguistic contrast, alignment, and indirect word learning

Subject:

Cognitive psychology, Developmental psychology, and Psychology

Creator:

Shao, Ruxue

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Scholarly Digital Publishing

Language:

en

Date Uploaded:

02/12/2020

Date Created:

2019-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

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etdadmin_upload_668558 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14711