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taxonomic assumption: a standalone construct

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taxonomicassumption1 CONSTRUCTTaxonomic assumptionMARKMAN · LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

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Language development

children's assumption that a new word labels objects of the same kind rather than thematically related objects, even though they group thematically without words.

In language development, taxonomic assumption refers to children's assumption that a new word labels objects of the same kind rather than thematically related objects, even though they group thematically without words. This meaning comes from Markman (1984) in Cognitive Psychology.[1]

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development1 fields · 2 citationsanchor · a standalone constructgroup4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructsword3 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

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  1. Markman, E. M., & Hutchinson, J. E. (1984). Children's sensitivity to constraints on word meaning: Taxonomic versus thematic relations. Cognitive Psychology, 16(1), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-0285(84)90002-1

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