Linguistic conventionality and the role of epistemic reasoning in children's mutual exclusivity inferences

To interpret an interlocutor's use of a novel word (e.g., “give me the papaya”), children typically exclude referents that they already have labels for (like an “apple”), and expect the word to refer to something they do not have a label for (like the papaya). The goal of the present studies wa...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Barner, D. (Author), Bartnof, A. (Author), Foushee, R. (Author), Srinivasan, M. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2019
Subjects:
Online Access:View Fulltext in Publisher