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Kathy Hirsh-Pasek1, Elizabeth Hennon, Roberta M Golinkoff
1Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122 Khirshpa@nimbus.temple.edu ehennon@temple.edu shannimarie@yahoo.com mmaguire@astro.temple.edu http://nimbus.temple.edu/~khirshpa/
Abstract:
Bloom's eloquent and comprehensive treatment of early word learning holds that social intention is foundational for language development. While we generally support his thesis, we call into question two of his proposals: (1) that attention to social information in the environment implies social intent, and (2) that infants are sensitive to social intent at the very beginnings of word learning.
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