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Word extension: A key to early word learning and domain-specificity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2002

Sandra R. Waxman
Sandra R. Waxman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 s-waxman@northwestern.edu http://www.psych.northwestern.edu/People/Waxman.htm
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Abstract

Bloom provides a masterful synthesis of recent advances in word-learning, placing them within the framework of abiding theoretical issues. I will augment and challenge his approach by underscoring the significance of word extension for questions concerning (a) the origin and evolution of infants' expectations, and (b) domain-specificity in word-learning.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 6 , December 2001 , pp. 1121 - 1122
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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