Do Early Nouns Refer to Kinds or Distinct Shapes?
- 1 February 2009
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Science
- Vol. 20 (2) , 252-257
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02278.x
Abstract
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 thi...Keywords
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