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Beyond Fast Mapping
2010
Language Learning and Development
Since the seminal 1957 studies of word learning by Roger Brown, most experimental studies of lexical acquisition have concerned fast mapping: the process through which a new lexical entry is established, and through which representations of the linguistic context of a newly heard word interact with representations of its nonlinguistic context to fix an initial partial meaning. Here I focus on the subsequent extended process through which the adult meaning is approximated. Two factors lead to an
doi:10.1080/15475441.2010.484379
pmid:21625404
pmcid:PMC3101498
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