Westermann / Mani Early Word Learning

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-317-55059-4
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten

Reihe: Current Issues in Developmental Psychology

Word learning may seem like a relatively simple task facing young language learners, when compared with the demands of learning grammar. However, closer enquiry highlights the multiple challenges in lexical acquisition. In this compilation, international experts consider word learning to be a continuous learning process, examining children’s interaction with words in their entirety. This novel approach looks at the full evolution of the word from the proto-word unit devoid of meaning, to mapping meaning, to skilled recognition. The book draws on cutting-edge research in infant eye-tracking, neuroimaging techniques and computational modelling to bring together diverse perspectives to provide a comprehensive and unified account of early word learning. It will be invaluable for courses in early language development.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Westermann, Gert

Mani, Nivedita

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- The proto-lexicon: Segmenting word-like units from the speech stream

- Intrinsic and extrinsic cues to word learning

- Mapping words to objects

- The impact of input variability on word learning

- Retrieval of form and concept representations in word learning

- Mapping words to abstract concepts and actions

- Learning words in two languages

- Individual differences in early word learning

- Computation models of word learning

- Neuro-cognitive indices of word learning