---
_id: '17181'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: The classic mapping metaphor posits that children learn a word by mapping
    it onto a concept of an object or event. However, we believe that a mapping metaphor
    cannot account for word learning, because even though children focus attention
    on objects, they do not necessarily remember the connection between the word and
    the referent unless it is framed pragmatically, that is, within a task. Our theoretical
    paper proposes an alternative mechanism for word learning. Our main premise is
    that word learning occurs as children accomplish a goal in cooperation with a
    partner. We follow Bruner's (1983) idea and further specify pragmatic frames as
    the learning units that drive language acquisition and cognitive development.
    These units consist of a sequence of actions and verbal behaviors that are co-constructed
    with a partner to achieve a joint goal. We elaborate on this alternative, offer
    some initial parametrizations of the concept, and embed it in current language
    learning approaches.
author:
- first_name: Katharina
  full_name: Rohlfing, Katharina
  id: '50352'
  last_name: Rohlfing
- first_name: Britta
  full_name: Wrede, Britta
  last_name: Wrede
- first_name: Anna-Lisa
  full_name: Vollmer, Anna-Lisa
  last_name: Vollmer
- first_name: Pierre-Yves
  full_name: Oudeyer, Pierre-Yves
  last_name: Oudeyer
citation:
  ama: 'Rohlfing K, Wrede B, Vollmer A-L, Oudeyer P-Y. An Alternative to Mapping a
    Word onto a Concept in Language Acquisition: Pragmatic Frames. <i>FRONTIERS IN
    PSYCHOLOGY</i>. 2016;7. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00470">10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00470</a>'
  apa: 'Rohlfing, K., Wrede, B., Vollmer, A.-L., &#38; Oudeyer, P.-Y. (2016). An Alternative
    to Mapping a Word onto a Concept in Language Acquisition: Pragmatic Frames. <i>FRONTIERS
    IN PSYCHOLOGY</i>, <i>7</i>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00470">https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00470</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Rohlfing_Wrede_Vollmer_Oudeyer_2016, title={An Alternative to
    Mapping a Word onto a Concept in Language Acquisition: Pragmatic Frames}, volume={7},
    DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00470">10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00470</a>},
    journal={FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY}, publisher={Frontiers Media Sa}, author={Rohlfing,
    Katharina and Wrede, Britta and Vollmer, Anna-Lisa and Oudeyer, Pierre-Yves},
    year={2016} }'
  chicago: 'Rohlfing, Katharina, Britta Wrede, Anna-Lisa Vollmer, and Pierre-Yves
    Oudeyer. “An Alternative to Mapping a Word onto a Concept in Language Acquisition:
    Pragmatic Frames.” <i>FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY</i> 7 (2016). <a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00470">https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00470</a>.'
  ieee: 'K. Rohlfing, B. Wrede, A.-L. Vollmer, and P.-Y. Oudeyer, “An Alternative
    to Mapping a Word onto a Concept in Language Acquisition: Pragmatic Frames,” <i>FRONTIERS
    IN PSYCHOLOGY</i>, vol. 7, 2016, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00470">10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00470</a>.'
  mla: 'Rohlfing, Katharina, et al. “An Alternative to Mapping a Word onto a Concept
    in Language Acquisition: Pragmatic Frames.” <i>FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY</i>, vol.
    7, Frontiers Media Sa, 2016, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00470">10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00470</a>.'
  short: K. Rohlfing, B. Wrede, A.-L. Vollmer, P.-Y. Oudeyer, FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
    7 (2016).
date_created: 2020-06-24T13:00:57Z
date_updated: 2023-02-01T16:04:21Z
department:
- _id: '749'
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00470
intvolume: '         7'
keyword:
- language acquisition
- pragmatics
- infants' social learning
- frames
- learning and memory
- developmental robotics
language:
- iso: eng
publication: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 1664-1078
publisher: Frontiers Media Sa
status: public
title: 'An Alternative to Mapping a Word onto a Concept in Language Acquisition: Pragmatic
  Frames'
type: journal_article
user_id: '14931'
volume: 7
year: '2016'
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