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Overextension in early language development
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This research explored overextension in the early vocabularies of six children, followed in a language diary study from 1; 0 to 1; 8. Results indicated that only one-third of the first 75 words acquired by each child were ever overextended. A small set of high-frequency, early acquired words accounted for a disproportionate number of overextensions. Overextensions were classified into three types: categorical overinclusions, analogical overextensions and predicate statements. Four types of information served as the bases for word applications: perceptual, action-functional, affective and contextual. The use of words to denote associative complexes of a well-organized, systematic character was discussed as a characteristic form of early word usage.
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- Authors
- Rescorla, L. A.
- Venue
- Journal of Child Language
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1980-06
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 321-335
- ISSN
- 0305-0009 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-7602
- OpenAlex
- W2043983792
- Cited by
- 233
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 6.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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