CONSTRAINTS

Cards (3)

    • Whole object constraint
    • Kids uses words to refer to whole objects rather than parts of objects
    • Mutual exclusivity constraint
    Believes that there is a one-to-one correspondence between words and meanings
  • Semantic system
    • Categorizes words into relation with their meaning
    • They construct their semantic system rather than list of independent words
    • Words are related to each other (rather than existing in isolation)