Research Article

Overextension of early words in comprehension and production

Volume: 17 Number: 1 January 31, 2018
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Overextension of early words in comprehension and production

Abstract

During the early years of language acquisition, children may use a word in a wide range of contexts, which is called as overextension in research agenda. Barrett (1991) hypothesizes that if a word like dog is overextended not only for referring to dogs of all sizes, but also for referring to cats, horses, or cows, then the overextension is likely to be exhibited not only in the child's production of that word, but also in the child's comprehension of the word. Based upon this hypothesis, the focal point of the present study is to test the overextension issue in terms of both production and comprehension perspectives. The subjects (N=10) aged 2;2 to 4;0 have been experimented through picture-naming and picture-pointing tasks in order to reveal whether there is a symmetry between these two stances. The results of this experiment are inconsistent with the views foreseeing any parallelism between the overextension in comprehension and production. Rather, it has been observed that children have a tendency to overextend the words in production more often than in comprehension. Nor does it supply evidence for overextensions mostly occurring in both phases at very early ages.

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

Creative Arts and Writing

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Seda Banlı
Mersin University
Türkiye

Publication Date

January 31, 2018

Submission Date

September 13, 2017

Acceptance Date

October 25, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 17 Number: 1

APA
Banlı, S. (2018). İlk kelimeleri anlama ve üretmede aşırı genişletme. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 17(1), 229-238. https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.337975
AMA
1.Banlı S. İlk kelimeleri anlama ve üretmede aşırı genişletme. GAUN-JSS. 2018;17(1):229-238. doi:10.21547/jss.337975
Chicago
Banlı, Seda. 2018. “İlk Kelimeleri Anlama Ve üretmede Aşırı Genişletme”. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 17 (1): 229-38. https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.337975.
EndNote
Banlı S (January 1, 2018) İlk kelimeleri anlama ve üretmede aşırı genişletme. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 17 1 229–238.
IEEE
[1]S. Banlı, “İlk kelimeleri anlama ve üretmede aşırı genişletme”, GAUN-JSS, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 229–238, Jan. 2018, doi: 10.21547/jss.337975.
ISNAD
Banlı, Seda. “İlk Kelimeleri Anlama Ve üretmede Aşırı Genişletme”. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 17/1 (January 1, 2018): 229-238. https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.337975.
JAMA
1.Banlı S. İlk kelimeleri anlama ve üretmede aşırı genişletme. GAUN-JSS. 2018;17:229–238.
MLA
Banlı, Seda. “İlk Kelimeleri Anlama Ve üretmede Aşırı Genişletme”. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, vol. 17, no. 1, Jan. 2018, pp. 229-38, doi:10.21547/jss.337975.
Vancouver
1.Seda Banlı. İlk kelimeleri anlama ve üretmede aşırı genişletme. GAUN-JSS. 2018 Jan. 1;17(1):229-38. doi:10.21547/jss.337975