Infants' Acceptance of Phonotactically Illegal Word Forms as Object Labels

Autor/inn/en	Vukatana, Ena; Curtin, Suzanne; Graham, Susan A.
Titel	Infants' Acceptance of Phonotactically Illegal Word Forms as Object Labels
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 43 (2016) 6, S.1400-1411 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
DOI	10.1017/S0305000915000707
Schlagwörter	Child Language; Infants; Foreign Countries; Phonology; Form Classes (Languages); Preferences; Associative Learning; Slavic Languages; Cognitive Mapping; Vocabulary Development; Czechoslovakia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Ausland; Fonologie; Analytischer Sprachbau; Slawische Sprache; Wortschatzarbeit; Tschechoslowakei
Abstract	We investigated 16- and 20-month-olds' flexibility in mapping phonotactically illegal words to objects. Using an associative word-learning task, infants were presented with a training phase that either highlighted or did not highlight the referential status of a novel label. Infants were then habituated to two novel objects, each paired with a phonotactically illegal Czech word. When referential cues were provided, 16-, but not 20-month-olds, formed word-object mappings. In the absence of referential cues, infants of both ages failed to map the novel words. These findings illustrate the complex interplay between infants' developing sound system and their word learning abilities. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01