Infants' reliance on shape to generalize novel labels to animate and inanimate objects

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dc.contributor.authorGraham, Susan
dc.contributor.authorDubois, Diane
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-23T13:44:14Z
dc.date.available2020-04-23T13:44:14Z
dc.date.issued1999-07
dc.description.abstractTwo experiments were conducted to examine infants' reliance on object shape versus colour for word generalization to animate and inanimate objects. A total of seventy-three infants aged 1;4 to 1;10 were taught labels for either novel vehicles or novel animals using a preferential looking procedure (Experiment 1) or an interactive procedure (Experiment 2). The results of both experiments indicated that infants limited their word generalization to those exemplars that shared shape similarity with the original referent for both animate and inanimate objects. These findings indicate that a strong reliance on shape is present earlier than previously shown. In Experiment 2, reliance on shape to generalize novel words did not vary as a function of vocabulary size. Thus reliance on shape versus colour for word generalization does not appear to increase in strength as a function of word learning during late infancy.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGraham, S. A., & Poulin-Dubois, D. (1999). Infants' reliance on shape to generalize novel labels to animate and inanimate objects. "Journal of Child Language", 26 (1999), 295-320. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0305000999003815en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0305000999003815en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/111857
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/43699
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Press : Journal of Child Languageen_US
dc.publisher.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.hasversionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.institutionConcordia Universityen_US
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dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.titleInfants' reliance on shape to generalize novel labels to animate and inanimate objectsen_US
dc.typejournal articleen_US
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