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19175526

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-2-19
pubmed:abstractText
What is the nature of early words? Specifically, do infants expect words for objects to refer to kinds or to distinct shapes? The current study investigated this question by testing whether 10-month-olds expect internal object properties to be predicted by linguistic labels. A looking-time method was employed. Infants were familiarized with pairs of identical or different objects that made identical or different sounds. During test, before the sounds were demonstrated, paired objects were labeled with one repeated count-noun label or two distinct labels. Results showed that infants expected objects labeled with distinct labels to make different sounds and objects labeled with repeated labels to make identical sounds, regardless of the objects' appearance. These findings indicate that the 10-month-olds' expectations about internal properties of objects were driven by labeling and provide evidence that even at the beginning of word learning, infants expect distinct labels to refer to different kinds.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1467-9280
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
252-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-5-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Do early nouns refer to kinds or distinct shapes? Evidence from 10-month-old infants.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. kathrynd@psych.ubc.ca
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't