Constraints on Children's Color Term Acquisition

Autor/in	Franklin, Anna
Titel	Constraints on Children's Color Term Acquisition
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 94 (2006) 4, S.322-327 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0965
DOI	10.1016/j.jecp.2006.02.003
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Children; Color; Test Validity; Test Reliability; Language Acquisition; Child Development; Visual Perception; Difficulty Level + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Colour; Farbbezeichnung; Farbe; Testvalidität; Testreliabilität; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Kindesentwicklung; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Schwierigkeitsgrad
Abstract	Kowalski and Zimiles (2006) and O'Hanlon and Roberson (2006) address an age-old question: Why do children find it difficult to learn color terms? Here these articles are reflected on, providing a focused examination of the issues central to this question. First, the criteria by which children are said to find color naming difficult are considered. Although the age of color term acquisition is decreasing, and color naming might not be more difficult than other abstract attributes, several stages of difficulty are identified. Second, it is argued that there are potentially multiple constraints (e.g., conceptual, attentional, and linguistic) for these multiple stages of difficulty with color term acquisition. Third, it is argued that the validity and reliability of techniques for identifying constraints need to be considered and that converging evidence for the constraints should be provided. Finally, a series of new questions that need to be asked to provide a well-rounded explanation of the difficulties children face when learning color terms is outlined. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10