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Autor/inn/en | Wagner, Katie; Dobkins, Karen; Barner, David |
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Titel | Slow Mapping: Color Word Learning as a Gradual Inductive Process |
Quelle | In: Cognition, 127 (2013) 3, S.307-317 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0010-0277 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.cognition.2013.01.010 |
Schlagwörter | Color; Vocabulary Development; Children; Definitions; Comprehension; Language Processing; Classification |
Abstract | Most current accounts of color word acquisition propose that the delay between children's first production of color words and adult-like understanding is due to problems abstracting color as a domain of meaning. Here we present evidence against this hypothesis, and show that, from the time children produce color words in a labeling task they use them to represent color. In Experiment 1, an analysis of early color word errors finds that, before acquiring adult-like understanding, children make systematic hypotheses about color word meanings, which are best characterized as overextensions of adult meanings. Using a comprehension task, Experiment 2 finds that these overextensions are due to overly broad color categories, rather than a communicative strategy. These results indicate that the delay between production and adult-like understanding of color words is not due to difficulties abstracting color, but is largely attributable to the problem of determining the color boundaries marked by specific languages. (Contains 3 figures.) (As Provided). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |