Gobet, Fernand 
ORCID: 0000-0002-9317-6886
(2015)
Vocabulary acquisition.
In: Wright, James D., (ed.)
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (Second Edition).
Elsevier (Firm), Oxford, UK, pp. 226-231.
ISBN 9780080970875
Abstract
Acquiring the words of one's language is, in principle, a challenging problem, but children solve it surprisingly easily. This article covers (1) the skills (speech perception, speech segmentation, and speech production) that children must acquire before producing their first words; (2) the main theories attempting to explain how the meaning of words is acquired; (3) the role of working memory in learning words; and (4) the acquisition of vocabulary beyond the early years. The tension between nativist and constructivist theories is discussed, as well as the challenges faced by future research.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Official URL: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/referencework/978008... |
| Additional Information: | © 2015 Elsevier Ltd |
| Divisions: | CPNSS |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology P Language and Literature |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Oct 2019 16:15 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Nov 2025 01:03 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/102246 |
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