Twelve-month-olds disambiguate new words using mutual-exclusivity inferences
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104691
Abstract: Representing objects in terms of their kinds enables inferences based on the long-term knowledge made available through kind concepts. For example, children readily use lexical knowledge linked to familiar kind concepts to disambiguate new words… read more here.
Keywords: mutual exclusivity; kind; new words; exclusivity inferences ... See more keywords