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Early object labels: the case for a developmental lexical principles framework

R M Golinkoff1, C B Mervis, K Hirsh-Pasek

  • 1Department of Educational Studies, College of Education, University of Delaware, Newark 19716.

Journal of Child Language
|February 1, 1994
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Children learn object names using six lexical principles, developing in two tiers. Early principles make word learning slow, while later principles enable rapid acquisition of new labels.

Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Linguistics
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Object names form the largest part of children's early vocabulary.
  • Understanding how children learn these object labels is crucial for developmental research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present and evaluate six lexical principles that simplify object label learning for children.
  • To propose a developmental sequence for the acquisition of these principles.

Main Methods:

  • Critical evaluation of six proposed and new lexical principles.
  • Analysis of a two-tiered developmental sequence in principle construction.
  • Consideration of linguistic input, contextual information, and social cues.

Main Results:

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  • Lexical principles reduce the information load for children learning new words.
  • First-tier principles (reference, extendibility, object scope) lead to deliberate word learning.
  • Second-tier principles (categorical scope, novel name-nameless category, conventionality) facilitate rapid label acquisition.

Conclusions:

  • A unified, developmental account of lexical principles offers advantages over separate, non-developmental approaches.
  • Children's interpretation of linguistic and non-linguistic input influences principle acquisition and operation.
  • This framework advances our understanding of early word learning processes.