Talk:Single Word Utterances/@comment-24947466-20150801031329

The cognitive bases of relational words in the single word period. McCune-Nicolich, Lorraine. Journal of Child Language8.1 (Feb 1981): 15-34.

Addresses one aspect of the relationship between sensorimotor development and early language. Relational words (e.g., more, all gone, here, up) are considered in relation to the operative schemes of sensorimotor intelligence. Relational words, like syntactic structure, appear to develop and exist apart from specific content. Study of such words helps clarify the relationship between sensorimotor understandings and the language of the preoperational child. Data spanning the entire single-word period from 5 female 1-yr-olds (for whom the Object Permanence Scale was completed) provide an empirical base for analyzing the meanings of these words in use. A model is proposed for considering relational words as coding a set of interrelated meanings reflecting the cognitive organization of the late sensorimotor period. (38 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)

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