Comparison Of Static Form And Dynamic action As The Basis Of Children's Early Word Extensions

Authors

  • Michael W. Casby

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17161/KWPL.1808.665

Keywords:

Language acquisition

Abstract

Nonsense forms with nonsense labels were utilized in a match to sample task to observe whether children's word extensions are based on static form characteristics or on functional action characteristics. The stimuli consisted of (a) a single model object which performed an action, and (b) a selection array consisting of one object similar in form to the model, but with no demonstrated action, and another object of a very different form than the model's but which performed a similar action to that of the model's. When form and action were in competition for the basis of the children's selection response, action was the more frequently noted basis.

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Casby, . M. W. (1979). Comparison Of Static Form And Dynamic action As The Basis Of Children’s Early Word Extensions. Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 4, 71-77. https://doi.org/10.17161/KWPL.1808.665