Why verbs are harder to learn than nouns

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Change of state verbs and sentences 5. Activity verbs and sentences 6. Other … Expand. Highly Influential. View 4 excerpts, references background. Abstract The role of constraints on word meanings in helping children acquire object names has recently been questioned. For instance, Gopnik and Choi , argued that the prevalence of … Expand. Noun bias in maternal speech to one-year-olds. The authors of linguistic texts seem unwilling to offer any precise definition of the concept of a verb.

Despite this, they would almost certainly all agree that verbs can be notionally characterized … Expand. View 3 excerpts, references methods and background. Theories of language acquisition the intermodel preferential looking paradigm infants' perception of constituent structure single-word speakers' comprehension of word order young children's use of … Expand.

Early lexical development: comprehension and production. The present study compares the proportions of nouns and verbs in the early … Expand. View 13 excerpts, references background. Lexical principles may underlie the learning of verbs. Related Papers. By clicking accept or continuing to use the site, you agree to the terms outlined in our Privacy Policy , Terms of Service , and Dataset License.