%0 Journal Article %1 2078 %A Keil, F. C. %A Batterman, N. %D 1984 %J Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior %K cognitive-development, comparative-analysis, early-childhood, file-import-09-02-13, language-acquisition, linguistics, research-methods %N 2 %P 221-36+ %T A Characteristic-to-Defining Shift in the Development of Word Meaning %V 23 %X In a study using preschool and elementary school children, the children's judgments of whether brief stories described valid instances of a concept shifted in a manner consistent with the authors' hypothesis that meanings typically develop from representations in which characteristic features predominate to those in which defining features become more central.

@article{2078, abstract = {In a study using preschool and elementary school children, the children's judgments of whether brief stories described valid instances of a concept shifted in a manner consistent with the authors' hypothesis that meanings typically develop from representations in which characteristic features predominate to those in which defining features become more central.}, added-at = {2009-02-24T19:22:48.000+0100}, author = {Keil, F. C. and Batterman, N.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/239b7c5609d9fe7f66d761f8f1a232bbe/clachapelle}, citeulike-article-id = {4045851}, interhash = {eef863f79b657a760b5d2f715563faf7}, intrahash = {39b7c5609d9fe7f66d761f8f1a232bbe}, journal = {Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior}, keywords = {cognitive-development, comparative-analysis, early-childhood, file-import-09-02-13, language-acquisition, linguistics, research-methods}, number = 2, pages = {221-36+}, posted-at = {2009-02-13 21:45:28}, priority = {2}, timestamp = {2009-02-24T19:23:09.000+0100}, title = {A Characteristic-to-Defining Shift in the Development of Word Meaning}, volume = 23, year = 1984 }