Linguistic and Cultural Variation in Early Color Word Learning.
Journal
Child development
ISSN: 1467-8624
Titre abrégé: Child Dev
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0372725
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 2020
01 2020
Historique:
pubmed:
14
10
2018
medline:
15
12
2020
entrez:
14
10
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
When and how do infants learn color words? It is generally supposed that color words are learned late and with a great deal of difficulty. By examining infant language surveys in British English and 11 other languages, this study shows that color word learning occurs earlier than has been previously suggested and that the order of acquisition of color words is similar in related languages. This study also demonstrates that frequency and syllabic complexity can be used to predict variability in infant color word learning across languages. In light of recent evidence indicating that color categories have universal biological foundations, these findings suggest that infants' experience and linguistic exposure drive their shift to culturally and linguistically mediated adult-like understandings of color words.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
28-42Informations de copyright
© 2018 Society for Research in Child Development.
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