NVESTIGATING LEXICAL ACQUISITION PATTERNS: CONTEXT AND COGNITION



to the acquisition of the novel words from context .... 271

8.3.1.4 Prior knowledge of the lexical items is related to novel
word learning.................................
273

8.3.2 Natureofthelexicon..................................274

8.3.2.1 The word learning process differs by the semantic
domain of the target words ......................
275

8.3.3 Nature of the input ....................................276

8.3.3.1 Children can use the linguistic input to infer the
meanings of the novel words
.....................276

8.3.3.2 Different linguistic contexts contribute to the
acquisition of different aspects of word meaning.....
277

8.3.3.2.1 Production......................278

8.3.3.2.2 Understanding of the words ’
meaning.........................
278

8.4 Issues on measuring word knowledge.............................281

8.4.1 Children’s word learning performance varies by the way of
measuring word knowledge ...........................281

8.4.2 Comprehension does not equal production .................283

8.4.3 Children overextend both in comprehension and production
tasks................................................285

8.4.4 Children’s word knowledge of the target words changes over
time................................................285

8.5 Towards a model explaining Lexical acquisition from context .........286

8.6 Implications for lexical acquisition...............................288

8.7 Limitations of the study and suggestions for further research ..........289

8.8 Concluding remarks...........................................289

References..............................................................................................................319

Appendices.............................................................................................................334



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