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9780631224587

Beyond Labeling The Role of Maternal Input in the Acquisition of Richly Structured Categories

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    9780631224587

  • ISBN10:

    0631224580

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1991-01-16
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

Recent research shows that pre-school children are skilled classifiers, using categories to organize information and extend knowledge. Focusing on the role of maternal input, this monograph provides one of the first detailed examinations of how mothers convey information about category structure to their children.

Author Biography

Susan A. Gelman is currently Heinz Werner Distinguished University Professor of psychology and linguistics and the director of the Conceptual Development Laboratory at the University of Michigan.

Table of Contents

Abstract v
Introduction
1(17)
Design, Methods, and Descriptive Overview
18(17)
Taxonomic Versus Thematic Language
35(42)
Category Generalizations (Including Generics and Explicit Quantifiers)
77(15)
Domain-Specific Properties
92(12)
Gestures
104(11)
Familiarity Effects
115(6)
General Discussion
121(15)
Appendix: Supplementary Ratings of Picture Books Used in Studies 1 and 3 136(4)
References 140(8)
Acknowledgments 148(1)
Commentary Words, Moms, and Things: Language as a Road Map to Reality 149(9)
Frank C. Keil
Contributors 158(1)
Statement of Editorial Policy 159

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