Hollich, George J. <br/><br/>
Breaking the language barrier  an emergentist coalition model for the origins of word learning 
 Breaking the word barrier 
George J. Hollich, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff ; in collaboration with Rebecca J. Brand ... [et al.] ; with commentary by Lois Bloom. 
 - Malden, MA  Blackwell Publishers  c2000. 
 - vi, 138 p.  ill.  23 cm. 
 - Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development  serial no. 262, vol. 65, no. 3 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Abstract -- I. What does it take to learn a word? -- II. The emergentist coalition model -- III. The interactive intermodal preferential looking paradigm -- IV. Learning novel nouns: children use multiple cues -- V. What does it take for 12 month-olds to learn a word? -- VI. Is 12-month-old word learning domain-general, socially determined, or emergent? -- VII. General discussion -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Commentary: Pushing the limits on theories of word learning -- Contributors -- Statement of editorial policy. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Language acquisition<br/>Learning<br/>Language Development<br/>Child development<br/>Child development