The Acquisition of Word Meanings

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Excerpt from The Acquisition of Word Meanings: A Developmental StudyThe child acquires the meaning of words principally in two ways. One is by explicit reference either verbal or Objective, he learns to understand verbal symbols through the adult's direct naming of Objects or through verbal definition. The second way is through implicit or contextual reference, the meaning of a word is grasped in the course of conversation, i.e., it is inferred from the cues Of the verbal context. It is probably true that during the early years the child learns the meaning of verbal symbols predominantly in concrete situations: through handling of objects in the presence of adults, direct pointing, naming, and the like. As the child grows Older learning of words occurs more and more through verbal contexts, and it is here that the observa tion Of Ogden and Richards concerning the acquisition of a vocabulary particularly applies: It is rare for words to be formed into contexts with non-symbolic experience directly, for as a rule they are learnt only through other words. We early begin to use language in order to learn language. (14, pp. 213i).About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.