Out of sight, but not out of mind: 21-month-olds use syntactic information to learn verbs even in the absence of a corresponding event
S Arunachalam, E Escovar, MA Hansen… - Language and …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
By 27 months of age, toddlers hearing a novel verb in transitive syntax are able to (1)
establish an initial representation for the verb based on its syntactic properties alone, even …
establish an initial representation for the verb based on its syntactic properties alone, even …
[PDF][PDF] Learning manner and path verbs from the Serial Verb Construction in Korean
Y Choi, S Arunachalam - Proceedings of the 37th Annual Boston …, 2013 - blogs.bu.edu
To learn a new word, children must isolate the linguistic form from the sentence in which it
occurs, identify its referent in the world, and establish a mapping between the form and the …
occurs, identify its referent in the world, and establish a mapping between the form and the …
[PDF][PDF] Verb Learning in Non-social Contexts
S Arunachalam, L Sheline - bu.edu
Acquiring word meanings is generally described as a social process involving live
interaction with an interlocutor and/or joint attention to the word's referent (eg, Baldwin & …
interaction with an interlocutor and/or joint attention to the word's referent (eg, Baldwin & …