The origins of lexical-category-to-meaning links : the case of count nouns and proper names
When and how do infants learn the distinction between count nouns (CNs) and proper names (PNs)? In a seminal study, Katz, Baker, and Macnamara (1974) found that 17-month-old girls restricted a novel PN to a labeled doll but generalized a novel CN to a second doll contrasting in colour. Recent studie...
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| Language: | English |
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/18202 |