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Transaction of cognitive-linguistic abilities and adult input: A case study of the acquisition of colour terms and colour-based subordinate object categories
- Source :
- British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 13:285-302
- Publication Year :
- 1995
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 1995.
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Abstract
- Data from a comprehensive diary study of early lexical development were analysed to document the acquisition of colour terms and the acquisition of colour-based subordinate object categories by one child who learned all 11 basic colour terms prior to age 2:0 years. The pattern of child colour-term production and adult feedback for colour-term usage was recorded beginning with the first production of a colour term. Information concerning the child's non-linguistic knowledge of colour categories, comprehension of colour-terms, syntactic development, acquisition of colour-based subordinate object categories and adult strategies of introduction of colour terms and colour-based subordinate object categories also was available. Findings support a transactional process between this child's cognitive-linguistic knowledge and adult input.
Details
- ISSN :
- 0261510X
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- British Journal of Developmental Psychology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........0bd4a1e7bdd953071b74266f3da0fd95