When does “apple” mean “apple”? How do young children interpret object words?

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WHEN DOES “APPLE” MEAN “APPLE”? HOW DO YOUNG CHILDREN INTERPRET OBJECT WORDS? ORGANIZER

ROBERTA GOLINKOFF, SUSAN GELMAN, & KATHY HIRSCH-PASEK OF DELAWARE,

UNIVERSITY

OF MICHIGAN,

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TEMPLE UNIVERSITY

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ROBERTA M. GOLINKOFF, KATHY HIRSCH-PASEK, LAURETTE REEVES AND MARGARET SHUFF-BAILEY UNIVERSITY OF DELA WARE CHANGES IN THE YOUNG CHILD’S CONSTRUAL

OF OBJECT WORDS

SUSAN A. GELMAN, WILLIAM CROFT, PANFANG FU, TIMOTHY CLAUSNER & GAIL GOTTFRIED UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN WHY IS A POMEGRANATE AN “APPLE”? THE ROLE OF SHAPE, TAXONOMIC AND PRIOR LEXICAL KNOWLEDGE IN CHILDREN’S OVEREXTENSIONS

BARBARA LANDAU PERCEPTION

UNIVERSITY OF DELA WARE AND KNOWLEDGE IN EARLY OBJECT NAMING

SANDRA WAXMAN & BRIDGETTE BRAIG

NORTHWESTERN STARS AND STARFISH: HOW FAR CAN SHAPE TAKE US?

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COLUMBIA

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TEACHERS COLLEGE

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