01:830:331 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9.2: Twin, Nonsense Word, Fast Mapping
1 Apr 2017
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Laura recognized that words are symbols, entitles that stand for other entitles. With the insight that speech sounds can denote these concepts, she began to match sound patterns (words) and concepts) Gestures are symbols and infants begin to gestures shortly before their 1st birthday. Infants" vocab of gestures and spoken words expand at about the same rate, consistent with the idea that words and gestures reflect the infant"s emerging understanding of symbols. Infants point it or pick it up for a listener as if saying i want this 50% of all objects were first referred to by gesture and about 3 months later by word. A typical 15 month old may learn 2-3 new words each week. Naming explosion: a period, beginning age 18 months, in which children learn new words very rapidly children learn 10 or more new words each week.
