Children use speaker knowledge to learn novel subordinate vs. basic-level nouns

2026/07/23 by June Choe, Anna Papafragou
Psychology · Neuroscience · #Language Development and Disorders #Child and Animal Learning Development #Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism

paper · doi:10.1016/j.cogpsych.2026.101829

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