An Emergentist Coalition Model for Word Learning: Mapping Words to Objects Is a Product of the Interaction of Multiple Cues

Becoming a Word Learner: A Debate on Lexical Acquisition

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  Hirsh Pasek, Kathy ^a   Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick ^b   Hollich, George ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergentist coalition model; George Hollich; Kathy Hirsh Pasek; Multiple cues; Roberta Michnick Golinkoff; Word learning

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EID: 84940010390     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195130324.003.006     Document Type: Chapter

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