On the Evidence for Prelinguistic Concepts

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Published 06-09-2005
DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.563
Christopher GAUKER

Abstract

Language acquisition is often said to be a process of mapping words into pre-existing concepts. If that is right, then we ought to be able to obtain experimental evidence for the existence of concepts in prelinguistic children, as intended in the work of Paul Quinn. This paper argues that Quinn's results have an alternative explanation.

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GAUKER, C. (2005). On the Evidence for Prelinguistic Concepts. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 20(3), 287–297. https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.563
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Keywords

concept acquisition, language learning, similarity.

Issue
Vol. 20 No. 3 (2005): Language and thought: empirical and conceptual viewpoints
Section
MONOGRAPHIC SECTION

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