Words and Things
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Words and Things is a seminal work in psycholinguistics by Roger Brown that explores how language is acquired, structured, and used to represent the world.
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| instanceOf |
book
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psycholinguistics book ⓘ |
| author | Roger Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | establishing psycholinguistics as a distinct field ⓘ |
| describes |
processes by which language users categorize experience
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ways linguistic structure reflects conceptual structure ⓘ |
| examines |
how children map words onto objects and events
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how language users interpret novel words ⓘ relationship between naming and knowing ⓘ |
| field |
cognitive psychology
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linguistics ⓘ psycholinguistics ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
how children learn word meanings
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how words relate to objects and concepts ⓘ structure of the lexicon ⓘ |
| genre | academic literature ⓘ |
| hasAuthorRole | Roger Brown is a pioneering psycholinguist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableConcept |
acquisition of semantic categories
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mapping between words and things in the world ⓘ role of context in word meaning ⓘ |
| influencedField |
cognitive science
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developmental psychology of language ⓘ psycholinguistics ⓘ |
| isDescribedAs |
classic study of word meaning and reference
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seminal work in psycholinguistics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| topic |
concept formation
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language acquisition ⓘ reference ⓘ relation between language and thought ⓘ representation of the world in language ⓘ semantics ⓘ word meaning ⓘ |
| usedIn |
university courses on language acquisition
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university courses on psycholinguistics ⓘ university courses on semantics ⓘ |
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