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JMatthes

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on: Jun 22, 2018
The assumption for word learning in which children initially assume that words refer to other things that are similar is
 
  a. the mutual exclusivity assumption. c. the taxonomic assumption.
  b. the whole-object assumption. d. the lexicon assumption.

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Constraints on word learning
 
  a. help children learn the meanings of words.
  b. cause children to overextend the meanings of words.
  c. cause children to underextend the meanings of words.
  d. decelerates the rate of children's learning new vocabulary.


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missalyssa26

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

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JMatthes

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Wow, this really help

matt95

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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