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How children learn the meanings of words /

"According to Paul Bloom, children learn words through sophisticated cognitive abilities that exist for other purposes. These include the ability to infer others' intentions, the ability to acquire concepts, and appreciation of syntactic structure, and certain general learning and memory a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bloom, Paul, 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, [2000]
Series:Learning, development, and conceptual change.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • First words
  • Fast mapping and the course of word learning
  • Word learning and theory of mind
  • Object names and other common nouns
  • Pronouns and proper names
  • Concepts and categories
  • Naming representations
  • Learning words through linguistic context
  • Number words
  • Words and concepts
  • Final words.