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Why Choo‐Choo Is Better Than Train: The Role of Register‐Specific Words in Early Vocabulary Growth

Across languages, lexical items specific to infant‐directed speech (i.e., ‘baby‐talk words’) are characterized by a preponderance of onomatopoeia (or highly iconic words), diminutives, and reduplication. These lexical characteristics may help infants discover the referential nature of words, identif...

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Autores principales: Ota, Mitsuhiko, Davies‐Jenkins, Nicola, Skarabela, Barbora
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6120503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29998604
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12628