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fast mapping: a standalone construct

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Child language development

a child's ability to form an initial link between a new word and its meaning after very brief exposure.

In child language development, fast mapping refers to a child's ability to form an initial link between a new word and its meaning after very brief exposure. This meaning comes from Heibeck (1987) in Child Development.[1]

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development1 fields · 2 citationsanchor · a standalone construct exposure6 fields · 13 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs form4 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Heibeck, T. H., & Markman, E. M. (1987). Word Learning in Children: An Examination of Fast Mapping. Child Development, 58(4), 1021. https://doi.org/10.2307/1130543

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