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16/10/14
Week 4
Dr Jessica Horst (University of Sussex)
“Young Children’s Word Learning”
Children’s
rapid acquisition of word meaning is often attributed
to fast mapping. However, recent research suggests that fast mapping and
word learning represent two distinct components of language
acquisition. In this talk, these recent data will be presented and the
associative learning account, which provides a developmental
explanation for children’s fast mapping and word learning behaviour,
will be introduced. Both empirical research with 2- and 3-year-old
children and simulations from a dynamic connectionist neural network
will be discussed. The research will cover (1) what
the child learns during a typical fast mapping task, (2) how this
relates to word learning (3) how specifics of the task influence
children’s ability to map novel names to novel objects and
known names to known objects as well as a theoretical perspective that
can account for these novel findings and other findings that current
perspectives may be unable to explain. Finally, links to applied
interventions will be discussed.
Pevensey
1 Room 1B3.
Seminar starts at 4.00 pm
ALL WELCOME
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