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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817853303321

Titolo

Becoming a word learner : a debate on lexical acquisition / / Roberta Michnick Golinkoff ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

0-19-028478-1

1-280-83307-6

0-19-535147-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Counterpoints

Altri autori (Persone)

GolinkoffRoberta M

Disciplina

401/.93

401.93

Soggetti

Language acquisition

Vocabulary

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; 1. Word Learning: Icon, Index, or Symbol?; 2. The Intentionality Model of Word Learning: How to Learn a Word, Any Word; 3. Learning How to Learn Words: An Associative Crane; 4. Constraining the Problem Space in Early Word Learning; 5. The Social Nature of Words and Word Learning; 6. An Emergentist Coalition Model for Word Learning: Mapping Words to Objects Is a Product of the Interaction of Multiple Cues; 7. Counterpoint Commentary; LOIS BLOOM: ""What Can We Take for Granted in Word Learning?""

LINDA B. SMITH: ""Avoiding Associations When It's Behaviorism You Really Hate""AMANDA L. WOODWARD: ""There Is No Silver Bullet for Word Learning: Why Monolithic Accounts Miss the Mark""; MICHAEL TOMASELLO & NAMEERA AKHTAR: ""Five Questions for Any Theory of Word Learning""; KATHY HIRSCH-PASEK & ROBERTA MICHNICK GOLINKOFF: ""The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of the Parts, or Why the Emergentist Coalition Model Works""; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Contributors1. Word Learning: Icon, Index, or Symbol?, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek2. The Intentionality Model of Word Learning: How to Learn a Word, Any Word, Lois Bloom3. Learning



How to Learn Words: An Associative Crane, Linda B. Smith4. Constraining the Problem Space in Early Word Learning, Amanda L. Woodward5. The Social Nature of Words and Word Learning, Nameera Akhtar and Michael Tomasello6. An Emergentist Coalition Model for Word Learning: Mapping Words to Objects Is a Product of the Interaction of Multiple Cues, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, and Ge