The Challenge of Relational Referents in Early Word Extensions: Evidence from Noun-Noun Compounds

Autor/inn/en	Snape, Simon; Krott, Andrea
Titel	The Challenge of Relational Referents in Early Word Extensions: Evidence from Noun-Noun Compounds
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 49 (2022) 1, S.131-163 (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
DOI	10.1017/S0305000920000793
Schlagwörter	Verbs; Nouns; Cognitive Mapping; Child Language; Language Acquisition; Generalization; Preschool Children; Task Analysis; Novelty (Stimulus Dimension); Decision Making; Color + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Aufgabenanalyse; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Colour; Farbbezeichnung; Farbe
Abstract	Young children struggle more with mapping novel words onto relational referents (e.g., verbs) compared to non-relational referents (e.g., nouns). We present further evidence for this notion by investigating children's extensions of noun-noun compounds, which map onto combinations of non-relational referents, i.e., objects (e.g., "baby" and "bottle" for "baby bottle"), and relations (e.g., a "bottle" FOR "babies"). We tested two- to five-year-olds' and adults' generalisations of novel compounds composed of novel (e.g., "kig donka") or familiar (e.g., "star hat") nouns that were combined by one of two relations (e.g., "donka" that has a "kig" attached (=attachment relation) versus "donka" that stores a "kig" (=function relation)). Participants chose between a relational (shared relation) and a non-relational (same colour) match. Results showed a developmental shift from encoding non-relational aspects (colour) towards relations of compound referents, supporting the challenge of relational word referents. Also, attachment relations were more frequently encoded than function relations. (As Provided).
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