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Why nonsense words? Aren't all words nonsense words to babies?
by kgwxd 5y ago
Why nonsense words? Aren't all words nonsense words to babies?
- zanderwohl 5y agoI think that's the idea. It's showing that they don't need to tie the toy to an existing word they may have heard from a parent, babies acquire language quickly enough most of the time to assign a new word to a concept instantly.
- donw 5y agoThat makes no sense.
- germinalphrase 5y agoWhy not? The child has no prior word referent but is able to quickly establish one which allows them to track a larger number of hidden objects.
- batman-farts 5y agoPossibly as a control? Hard for the researchers to tell if the babies’ parents have already taught them the words associated with the presented objects.