19 Children use the word “apple” to refer to similar round objects such as ball and tomatoes but are able to correctly pick out
the apple from a collection of such items. This phenomenon is called ______ to describe children generalization of the
meaning of a word beyond the sense in the adult language.
(A)underextension
(B)overextension
(C)conventionality
(D)extendibility
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統計: A(27), B(245), C(19), D(21), E(0) #1283407
統計: A(27), B(245), C(19), D(21), E(0) #1283407
詳解 (共 3 筆)
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Overextension
when a child uses a word in a context or manner that is inconsistent with, but in some way related to adult meaning of the word
-term is extended to concepts beyond the adult concept
-daddy for adult men
-cat for all four-legged animals
-bye-bye to greet visitor
Underextension
when a child uses a word for only a limited subset of the contexts used by the adult
-cat for the home pet only
-truck for the toy truck only
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