Early Lexical Development

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A detailed naturalistic study observing one Hebrew speaking child's lexical development in the "one word stage" and her transition to simple sentences supplies quantitative evidence for theoretical issues in cognitive science. Dromi's (education, Tel Aviv U.) data and commentary cover the one-word period in terms of classification systems, development, meaning, and establishing word reference. She also details the methodology of the case study and generalizes the findings in a summary of theoretical implications. The appendices include the complete recorded data. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)