Exploring noun bias in Filipino--English bilingual children.(Report)

Journal of Genetic Psychology | June 1, 2008| | Copyright

THE NOUN IS AN IMPORTANT LEXICAL CATEGORY for children who are learning language. Nouns are important linguistic blocks of learning, and the development of other parts of speech may greatly depend on the young language learner's acquisition and production of this lexical category in the initial phase of language acquisition. Many experts have noted the predominance of general nominals or common nouns in children's early vocabularies (Bates et al., 1994; Gentner, 1982). The nouns that children learn often refer to objects they perceive or interact with in their various ...

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