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Object Associations Of Early-Learned "Light" And "Heavy" English Verbs, Josita Maouene, Aarre Laakso, Linda Smith
Object Associations Of Early-Learned "Light" And "Heavy" English Verbs, Josita Maouene, Aarre Laakso, Linda Smith
Josita C Maouene
Many of the verbs that young children learn early have been characterized as ‘light.’ However, there is no agreed upon definition of ‘lightness’ and no useable metric that could be applied to a wide array of verbs. This article provides evidence for one metric by which the ‘lightness’ of early-learned verbs might be measured: the number of objects with which they are associated (in adult judgment) or co-occur (in speech to and by children). The results suggest that early-learned light verbs and heavy verbs differ in the breadth of the objects they are associated with: light verbs have weak associations …
Correlating Body Experiences, Knowledge Of Verbs, And The Development Of Argument Structure, Josita Maouene, Nitya Sethuraman, Karin Harman James, Mounir Maouene, Linda Smith
Correlating Body Experiences, Knowledge Of Verbs, And The Development Of Argument Structure, Josita Maouene, Nitya Sethuraman, Karin Harman James, Mounir Maouene, Linda Smith
Josita C Maouene
No abstract provided.
Distribution Of Object Types Of ‘Light’ And ‘Heavy’ Early-Learned English Verbs, Josita Maouene, Aarre Laakso, Linda Smith
Distribution Of Object Types Of ‘Light’ And ‘Heavy’ Early-Learned English Verbs, Josita Maouene, Aarre Laakso, Linda Smith
Josita C Maouene
No abstract provided.
The Associative Structure Of Language: Contextual Diversity In Early Word Learning, Thomas Hills, Josita Maouene, Brian Riordan, Linda Smith
The Associative Structure Of Language: Contextual Diversity In Early Word Learning, Thomas Hills, Josita Maouene, Brian Riordan, Linda Smith
Josita C Maouene
No abstract provided.
Developing Early Semantic Networks And The Associative Structure Of Child Directed Speech, Thomas Hills, Josita Maouene, Brian Riordan, Linda Smith
Developing Early Semantic Networks And The Associative Structure Of Child Directed Speech, Thomas Hills, Josita Maouene, Brian Riordan, Linda Smith
Josita C Maouene
No abstract provided.
Contextual Diversity And The Associative Structure Of Adult Language In Early Word Learning, Thomas Hills, Josita Maouene, Brian Riordan, Linda Smith
Contextual Diversity And The Associative Structure Of Adult Language In Early Word Learning, Thomas Hills, Josita Maouene, Brian Riordan, Linda Smith
Josita C Maouene
No abstract provided.
Correlations Between Body Parts And Types Of Argument Structure, Josita Maouene, Nitya Sethuraman, Mounir Maouene, Linda Smith
Correlations Between Body Parts And Types Of Argument Structure, Josita Maouene, Nitya Sethuraman, Mounir Maouene, Linda Smith
Josita C Maouene
No abstract provided.
Neural Correlates Of Verb Processing In The Developing Brain, Karin Harman James, Josita Maouene
Neural Correlates Of Verb Processing In The Developing Brain, Karin Harman James, Josita Maouene
Josita C Maouene
No abstract provided.
Homologies Between Relational Language And Bodily Action: First Steps Into An Embodiment Account Of Meaning, Asifa Majid, Daniel Casasanto, Karin Harman James, Josita Maouene
Homologies Between Relational Language And Bodily Action: First Steps Into An Embodiment Account Of Meaning, Asifa Majid, Daniel Casasanto, Karin Harman James, Josita Maouene
Josita C Maouene
No abstract provided.
Longitudinal Analysis Of Early Semantic Networks Preferential Attachment Or Preferential Acquisition?, Thomas Hills, Mounir Maouene, Josita Maouene, Adam Sheya, Linda Smith
Longitudinal Analysis Of Early Semantic Networks Preferential Attachment Or Preferential Acquisition?, Thomas Hills, Mounir Maouene, Josita Maouene, Adam Sheya, Linda Smith
Josita C Maouene
Analyses of adult semantic networks suggest a learning mechanism involving preferential attachment: A word is more likely to enter the lexicon the more connected the known words to which it is related. We introduce and test two alternative growth principles: preferential acquisition— words enter the lexicon not because they are related to well-connected words, but because they connect well to other words in the learning environment—and the lure of the associates—new words are favored in proportion to their connections with known words.We tested these alternative principles using longitudinal analyses of developing networks of 130 nouns children learn prior to the …
Auditory Verb Perception Recruits Motor Systems In The Developing Brain: An Fmri Investigation, Josita Maouene, Karin Harman James
Auditory Verb Perception Recruits Motor Systems In The Developing Brain: An Fmri Investigation, Josita Maouene, Karin Harman James
Josita C Maouene
This study investigated neural activation patterns during verb processing in children, using fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging). Preschool children (aged 4-6) passively listened to lists of verbs and adjectives while neural activation was measured. Findings indicated that verbs were processed differently than adjectives, as the verbs recruited motor systems in the frontal cortex during auditory perception, but the adjectives did not. Further evidence suggested that different types of verbs activated different regions in the motor cortex. The results demonstrate that the motor system is recruited during verb perception in the developing brain, reflecting the embodied nature of language learning and …
Categorical Structure Among Shared Features In Networks Of Early-Learned Nouns, Thomas Hills, Mounir Maouene, Josita Maouene, Adam Sheya, Linda Smith
Categorical Structure Among Shared Features In Networks Of Early-Learned Nouns, Thomas Hills, Mounir Maouene, Josita Maouene, Adam Sheya, Linda Smith
Josita C Maouene
The shared features that characterize the noun categories that young children learn first are a formative basis of the human category system. To investigate the potential categorical information contained in the features of early-learned nouns, we examine the graph-theoretic properties of noun–feature networks. The networks are built from the overlap of words normatively acquired by children prior to 2½ years of age and perceptual and conceptual (functional) features acquired from adult feature generation norms. The resulting networks have small-world structure, indicative of a high degree of feature overlap in local clusters. However, perceptual features – due to their abundance and …
Early Semantic Networks: Preferential Attachment Or Preferential Acquisition?, Josita Maouene
Early Semantic Networks: Preferential Attachment Or Preferential Acquisition?, Josita Maouene
Josita C Maouene
Analyses of adult semantic networks suggest a learning mechanism involving preferential attachment: A word is more likely to enter the lexicon the more connected the known words to which it is related. We introduce and test two alternative growth principles: preferential ac- quisition—words enter the lexicon not because they are related to well-connected words, but because they connect well to other words in the learning environment—and the lure of the associates—new words are favored in propor- tion to their connections with known words. We tested these alternative principles using longitudinal analyses of de- veloping networks of 130 nouns children learn …
Alternative Models Of Network Growth: Preferential Attachment, Preferential Acquisition, And The Lure Of The Associates In Early Word Learning, Thomas Hills, Mounir Maouene, Josita Maouene, Adam Sheya, Linda Smith
Alternative Models Of Network Growth: Preferential Attachment, Preferential Acquisition, And The Lure Of The Associates In Early Word Learning, Thomas Hills, Mounir Maouene, Josita Maouene, Adam Sheya, Linda Smith
Josita C Maouene
No abstract provided.
Preferential Acquisition Not Attachment In The Development Of Children’S Semantic Networks, Thomas Hills, Mounir Maouene, Josita Maouene, Adam Sheya, Linda Smith
Preferential Acquisition Not Attachment In The Development Of Children’S Semantic Networks, Thomas Hills, Mounir Maouene, Josita Maouene, Adam Sheya, Linda Smith
Josita C Maouene
No abstract provided.
Developmental Trajectory Of The Granularity Of Early-Learned Verbs Clustered By Body Parts, Josita Maouene, Shohei Hidaka, Linda Smith
Developmental Trajectory Of The Granularity Of Early-Learned Verbs Clustered By Body Parts, Josita Maouene, Shohei Hidaka, Linda Smith
Josita C Maouene
No abstract provided.
Body-Part Categories Of Early-Learned Verbs: Different Granularities At Different Points In Development, Josita Maouene, Shohei Hidaka, Linda Smith
Body-Part Categories Of Early-Learned Verbs: Different Granularities At Different Points In Development, Josita Maouene, Shohei Hidaka, Linda Smith
Josita C Maouene
No abstract provided.
Is There Preferential Attachment In The Growth Of Early Semantic Nouns Networks?, Thomas Hills, Mounir Maouene, Josita Maouene, Adam Sheya
Is There Preferential Attachment In The Growth Of Early Semantic Nouns Networks?, Thomas Hills, Mounir Maouene, Josita Maouene, Adam Sheya
Josita C Maouene
No abstract provided.
Categorical Structure In Early Semantic Networks Of Nouns, Josita Maouene
Categorical Structure In Early Semantic Networks Of Nouns, Josita Maouene
Josita C Maouene
Despite what we know about children’s ability to categorize, it is not clear to what extent information in the environment is capable of facilitating higher-order category knowledge, nor to what extent different kinds of object features play different kinds of roles. As a start we built a network of 130 early-learned nouns with 1394 perceptual and functional features as given by adult judgments. Then we analyzed the basic structural properties of the network. These revealed a small world structure and a high degree of feature overlap in local clusters. To identify the local clusters, we used a clique percolation algorithm …
Body Parts And Early-Learned Verbs, Josita Maouene, Shohei Hidaka, Linda Smith
Body Parts And Early-Learned Verbs, Josita Maouene, Shohei Hidaka, Linda Smith
Josita C Maouene
This article reports the structure of associations among 101 common verbs and body parts. The verbs are those typically learned by children learning English prior to 3 years of age. In a free association task, 50 adults were asked to provide the single body part that came to mind when they thought of each verb. Analyses reveal highly systematic and structured patterns of associations that are also related to the normative age of acquisition of the verbs showing a progression from verbs associated with actions by the mouth, to verbs strongly associated with actions by hand and arm, to verbs …
Body Parts And Early-Learned Verbs In Japanese And English, Josita Maouene, Shohei Hidaka, Mounir Maouene, Linda Smith
Body Parts And Early-Learned Verbs In Japanese And English, Josita Maouene, Shohei Hidaka, Mounir Maouene, Linda Smith
Josita C Maouene
No abstract provided.
The Body, The Hands And Early Verbs, Josita Maouene, Linda Smith
The Body, The Hands And Early Verbs, Josita Maouene, Linda Smith
Josita C Maouene
No abstract provided.
The Body And Children's Word Learning, Linda Smith, Josita Maouene, S. Hidaka
The Body And Children's Word Learning, Linda Smith, Josita Maouene, S. Hidaka
Josita C Maouene
No abstract provided.
Set Operators For Superordinate Category Machine Learning, Josita Maouene, Mounir Maouene, Linda Smith
Set Operators For Superordinate Category Machine Learning, Josita Maouene, Mounir Maouene, Linda Smith
Josita C Maouene
No abstract provided.
Body Parts And The First 100 Verbs, Josita Maouene, Shohei Hidaka, Linda Smith
Body Parts And The First 100 Verbs, Josita Maouene, Shohei Hidaka, Linda Smith
Josita C Maouene
No abstract provided.
Body Parts And Early Acquired Verbs : Evidence From Children And Adults, Josita Maouene, Shohei Hidaka, Linda Smith
Body Parts And Early Acquired Verbs : Evidence From Children And Adults, Josita Maouene, Shohei Hidaka, Linda Smith
Josita C Maouene
No abstract provided.
How Do Children Build The Meaning Of Verbs? Grounding Verb Meanings In Body Parts, Objects And Contact, Josita Maouene
How Do Children Build The Meaning Of Verbs? Grounding Verb Meanings In Body Parts, Objects And Contact, Josita Maouene
Josita C Maouene
No abstract provided.