Early word-learning entails reference, not merely associations
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Early word-learning entails reference, not merely associations.
Recent years have witnessed a resurgence of classic tensions concerning the fundamental nature of human knowledge and the processes underlying its acquisition. This tension, especially evident in research on the acquisition of words and concepts, arises when researchers pit one type of content against another (perceptual versus conceptual) and one type of process against another (associative ve...
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عنوان ژورنال: Trends in Cognitive Sciences
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1364-6613
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2009.03.006