| Presentation | 2007/11/4 When do infants begin to learn verbs? : Developmental changes in the ability to map words onto actions Tessei KOBAYASHI, Ryoko MUGITANI, |
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| Abstract(in English) | This study investigated when infants begin to attach verbs to their referents in early lexical development. In a habituation "Switch" paradigm, 12-, 14-, and 18-month-old Japanese infants were first habituated to computer-animated events in which a fish was engaged in two different actions (rotating, rocking) paired with two pseudo-words in an intransitive verb sentence frame ("NEMA-teiru-na", "DAKU-teiru-na"). In test trials, the infants viewed two pairings that were the same (rotating-NEMA, rocking-DAKU) and two switched pairings (rotating-DAKU, rocking-NEMA). Results showed that 14- and 18-month-olds, but not 12-month-olds, looked significantly longer at the switched than at the same pairings, suggesting that by 14 months, infants are more likely to begin to map words onto actions. |
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| Keyword(in English) | early linguistic development / verb / infant / developmental psychology |
| Paper # | HCS2007-53 |
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| Conference Date | 2007/11/4(1days) |
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| Registration To | Human Communication Science (HCS) |
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| Language | JPN |
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| Title (in English) | When do infants begin to learn verbs? : Developmental changes in the ability to map words onto actions |
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| Keyword(1) | early linguistic development |
| Keyword(2) | verb |
| Keyword(3) | infant |
| Keyword(4) | developmental psychology |
| 1st Author's Name | Tessei KOBAYASHI |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | NTT Communication Science Lab.() |
| 2nd Author's Name | Ryoko MUGITANI |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | NTT Communication Science Lab.:Japan Society for the Promotion of Science |
| Date | 2007/11/4 |
| Paper # | HCS2007-53 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.107 |
| Number (no) | 308 |
| Page | pp.pp.- |
| #Pages | 2 |
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