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LaDunn

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Fast-mapping refers to:
 
  A. the ability to learn the meaning of a new word based on only a few instances.
  B. the ability to correctly reproduce the phonological form of a new word
  C. the phenomenon of overextension.
  D. the phenomenon of underextension.

Question 2

A child is presented with a picture of an unfamiliar animal and told it is called a hyrax. That child can use the Taxonomic assumption to draw which of the following inferences?
 
  A. the word hyrax can be used only when talking about the single specific example of the animal shown in the picture.
  B. the word hyrax can be extended to refer to all animals that look like animal in the picture.
  C. the word hyrax can be extended to refer to items that are thematically related to the animal in the picture, such as the type of food it likes to eat.
  D. the child would refuse to learn the word hyrax because not enough syntactic context was provided with the picture.



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InfiniteSteez

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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

B




LaDunn

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Excellent


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Gracias!

 

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