The Structural Sources of Verb Meanings
Language AcquisitionPublished 1 January 1990
Lila R. Gleitman
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Abstract
If we will observe how children learn languages, we will find that, to make them understand what the names of simple ideas or substances stand for, people ordinarily show them the thing whereof they would have them have the idea; and then repeat to them the name that stands for it, as 'white', 'sweet', 'milk', 'sugar', 'cat', 'dog'.
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