Revisiting the Noun-Verb Debate: A Cross-Linguistic Comparison of Novel Noun and Verb Learning in English-, Japanese-, and Chinese-Speaking Children

Mutsumi Imai; Etsuko Haryu; Hiroyuki Okada; Li Lianjing; Jun Shigematsu

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195170009.003.0018

Revisiting the Noun-Verb Debate: A Cross-Linguistic Comparison of Novel Noun and Verb Learning in English-, Japanese-, and Chinese-Speaking Children

Mutsumi Imai, Etsuko Haryu, Hiroyuki Okada, Li Lianjing, Jun Shigematsu

Faculty of Environment and Information Studies

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Abstract

This chapter presents results from a series of cross-linguistic studies which examined how English-, Japanese-, and Chinese-speaking children generalize newly learned nouns and verbs. Based on the results, it evaluates the two competing positions in the nounverb debate. It then explores universal and language-specific factors which affect the ease or difficulty of early noun and verb learning.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Action Meets Word
Subtitle of host publication	How Children Learn Verbs
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780199893300
ISBN (Print)	0195170008, 9780195170009
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195170009.003.0018
Publication status	Published - 2010 Apr 1

Keywords

Chinese language
Chinese-speaking children
Japanese language
Newly learned nouns
Novel noun
Verb learning
Verbs

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Psychology(all)

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