Word-based categorization in 14 to 16 month-old infants: Evidence from a Slavic language

Abstract

We investigate early word-based categorization by testing one sample of infants at the ages of 14 and 16 months using an object manipulation task. Specifically, we investigate the facilitating effect of labeling on: a) categorization of unknown objects with a shared label and a similar shape; b) categorization of unknown objects with a shared label, but no perceptual similarity. The results indicate that an average infant can categorize novel objects with a similar shape and a shared label starting at 16 months of age. Categorization of novel objects with a shared label but no perceptual similarity is at chance level at both ages. These results confirm and extend previous research findings to a new language.

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“…Bijeljac-Babić et al, 2009;Nazzi & Gopnik, 2001;Nazzi & Pilardeau, 2007), and identical to those described in Tutnjević & Lakić (2014).…”

“…A detailed explanation of the procedure can be read in Tutnjević & Lakić (2014). As the details of the task itself are not relevant for this study, we will only describe its main features.…”