List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Introduction: Word Spurt in Early Lexical and Semantic Development
1.1 Word Spurt and Its Cognitive Significance
1.2 Scope of the Present Study
1.3 Theoretical and Methodological Considerations
1.4 Key Research Questions
1.5 Contents of the Remaining Chapters
Chapter 2 Two Theories of Word Learning
2.1 The Nativist Theory of Word Learning
2.2 The Usage-based Theory of Word Learning
2.3 An Assessment of the Two Theories of L1 Word Learning
2.4 Implications of Word Learning Theories for the Study of Word Spurt, Overextension and Basic-level Words
2.5 Summary
Chapter 3 The Analyses of Word Spurt: Methods and Hypotheses
3.1 Evidence for Word Spurt
3.2 Methods for Identifying Word Spurt
3.3 Word Spurt and the Onset of Two-word Stage
3.4 Word Spurt and Categorization Capabilities
3.5 Hypotheses About Mechanisms Underlying Word Spurt
3.6 Summary
Chapter 4 Word Spurt in Early Lexical and Semantic Development--Longitudinal Findings from Two Mandarin Speaking Children
4.1 Early Lexical Development
4.2 Early Semantic Development
4.3 Summary
Chapter 5 The Nature of Word Spurt--Empirical Evidence for Naming Insight
5.1 The Concept of Naming Insight
5.2 Ascertaining Naming Insight from Responses to Questions and Spontaneous Naming
5.3 Findings from Children's Responses to Questions and Spontaneous Naming
5.4 Naming Insight and Word Spurt
5.5 Summary
Chapter 6 General Conclusions and Discussion
6.1 Summary of Major Findings
6.2 The Nature of Word Spurt: Generalization and a Proposed Model
6.3 Implications of the Findings
6.4 Early Vocabulary Acquisition and Learning Mechanisms
6.5 Limitations of the Study
6.6 Suggestions for Further Study
Appendix 1 LSY's Newly-acquired Vocabulary Growth (Week)
Appendix 2 LSY's Rate of Newly-acquired Vocabulary Growth
Appendix 3 AJR's Newly-acquired Vocabulary Growth (Week)
Appendix 4 AJR's Rate of Newly-acquired Vocabulary Growth
Appendix 5 LSY's Responses to "What'*Questions
Appendix 6 AJR's Responses to "What" Questions
Appendix 7 LSY's Responses to "Where" Questions
Appendix 8 AJR's Responses to "Where" Questions
Appendix 9 LSY's Early Lexical Production (SPON vs IMIT)
Appendix 10 AJR's Early Lexical Production (SPON vs IMIT)
Appendix 11 LSY's Word Combinations
Appendix 12 AJR's Word Combinations
Appendix 13 Transcription LSY010509
Appendix 14 Transcription LSY010412
Appendix 15 Transcription LSY010509
Appendix 16 Transcription LSY010628 (Sample of Word Combinations)
Appendix 17 LSY's First Eight Acquired Object Names
Appendix 18 LSY's Development of the Word Mama
Appendix 19 AJR's Development of the Word Apple
Appendix 20 AJR's Development of the Word Mama
Appendix 21 List of LSY's First 20 Common Nouns of High Frequency froml;3 to 1;11
Appendix 22 List of AJR's First 20 Common Nouns of High Frequency from 1;2 to 1;11
Appendix 23 LSY's Developmental Pattern of Noun Hierarchies from 1;3;14 to 1;11;29
Appendix 24 AJR's Developmental Pattern of Noun Hierarchies from 1;2;22 to 1;11;21
Appendix 25 LSY's Percentage of Basic-level Nouns in Overextended Words
Appendix 26 AJR's Percentage of Basic-level Nouns in Overextended Words
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