Quick incidental verb learning in 4-year-olds: Identification and generalization

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 313-327

  Brackenbury, Tim ^a   Fey, Marc E ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child language development; Fast mapping; Semantic relations; Verb acquisition; Word learning

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEASUREMENT; MOTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIABILITY; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0037390864     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2003/025)     Document Type: Article

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