Dr Emily Mather Emily.Mather@hull.ac.uk
Lecturer in Psychology
Studies report that infants as young as 1 ; 3 to 1 ; 5 will seek out a novel object in response to hearing a novel label (e.g. Halberda, 2003; Markman, Wasow & Hansen, 2003). This behaviour is commonly known as the 'mutual exclusivity' response (Markman, 1989; 1990). However, evidence for mutual exclusivity does not imply that the infant has associated a novel label with a novel object. We used an intermodal preferential looking task to investigate whether infants aged 1 ; 4 could use mutual exclusivity to guide their association of novel labels with novel objects. The results show that infants can successfully map a novel label onto a novel object, provided that the novel label has no familiar phonological neighbours. Therefore, as early as 1 ; 4, infants can use mutual exclusivity to form novel word-object associations, although this process is constrained by the phonological novelty of a label.
Mather, E., & Plunkett, K. (2011). Mutual exclusivity and phonological novelty constrain word learning at 16 months. Journal of child language, 38(5), 933-950. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000910000401
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | Nov 22, 2010 |
Publication Date | 2011-10 |
Print ISSN | 0305-0009 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 38 |
Issue | 5 |
Pages | 933-950 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000910000401 |
Keywords | Linguistics and Language; Experimental and Cognitive Psychology; General Psychology; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Language and Linguistics |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/409741 |
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