Evidence for Early Comprehension of Action Verbs
I. Nomikou, K. Rohlfing, P. Cimiano, J.M. Mandler, LANGUAGE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT 15 (2019) 64–74.
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Nomikou, Iris;
Rohlfing, KatharinaLibreCat;
Cimiano, Philipp;
Mandler, Jean M.
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Applying an eye-tracking technique, we tested early verb understanding in 48 infants aged 9 and 10months. Infants saw two objects presented side by side and heard a verb that referred to a common action with one of these objects (e.g., eating relating to a banana). The verbs were spoken by the parent in an interrogative manner in order to elicit a looking behavior in the infant. Results showed that 9-month-old infants did not show recognition of our test words. However, 10-month-old infants were able to understand a number of the tested verbs. In the discussion, we relate our findings to the nature of early verb representations.
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LANGUAGE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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15
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Nomikou I, Rohlfing K, Cimiano P, Mandler JM. Evidence for Early Comprehension of Action Verbs. LANGUAGE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT. 2019;15(1):64-74. doi:10.1080/15475441.2018.1520639
Nomikou, I., Rohlfing, K., Cimiano, P., & Mandler, J. M. (2019). Evidence for Early Comprehension of Action Verbs. LANGUAGE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT, 15(1), 64–74. https://doi.org/10.1080/15475441.2018.1520639
@article{Nomikou_Rohlfing_Cimiano_Mandler_2019, title={Evidence for Early Comprehension of Action Verbs}, volume={15}, DOI={10.1080/15475441.2018.1520639}, number={1}, journal={LANGUAGE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT}, publisher={ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS}, author={Nomikou, Iris and Rohlfing, Katharina and Cimiano, Philipp and Mandler, Jean M.}, year={2019}, pages={64–74} }
Nomikou, Iris, Katharina Rohlfing, Philipp Cimiano, and Jean M. Mandler. “Evidence for Early Comprehension of Action Verbs.” LANGUAGE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT 15, no. 1 (2019): 64–74. https://doi.org/10.1080/15475441.2018.1520639.
I. Nomikou, K. Rohlfing, P. Cimiano, and J. M. Mandler, “Evidence for Early Comprehension of Action Verbs,” LANGUAGE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 64–74, 2019, doi: 10.1080/15475441.2018.1520639.
Nomikou, Iris, et al. “Evidence for Early Comprehension of Action Verbs.” LANGUAGE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT, vol. 15, no. 1, ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, 2019, pp. 64–74, doi:10.1080/15475441.2018.1520639.
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