Author Question: Syntactic Bootstrapping is a word learning process that: A. allows children to draw inferences ... (Read 108 times)

Mimi · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Syntactic Bootstrapping is a word learning process that:

A. allows children to draw inferences about a word's meaning from the sentential context in which it is used.
B. requires children to have access to social-intentional information, such as eye-gaze.
C. helps children learn about words for footwear.
D. children are unable to make use of until they enter school.

Question 2

A child is presented with a picture of an unfamiliar object and told that This is a pagoda. Do you see the fancy finial? The child determines that the entire item is called a pagoda and that the ball on the top is called a finial. What word learning processes did this child make?

A. Cross-situational observation and Fast Mapping
B. the Whole Object assumption and the Mutual Exclusivity assumption.
C. the Principle of Contrast and Syntactic Bootstrapping.
D. the Taxonomic assumption and the Principle of Conventionality