?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Beyond+the+realm+of+noun+and+verb%3A+the+cognitive+lexicon+of+the+young+child&rft.creator=Parisse%2C+Christophe&rft.creator=Le+Normand%2C+Marie-Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Semantics&rft.description=Most+studies+of+early+lexical+development+are+focused+on+the+acquisition+of+the+noun+or+verb+categories.+Only+studies+targeting+the+very+beginning+of+word+production+describe+the+rich+pattern+of+reference+and+expressive+words+produced+by+very+young+children.+Still%2C+during+their+second+year%2C+children%C2%92s+production+in+tokens+contains+as+many+words+that+are+not+nouns+and+verbs+than+words+that+are.+The+importance+of+categories+such+as+communicators%2C+adverbs%2C+pointers+and+adjectives+never+decreases%2C+neither+in+English+nor+in+French+children+between+the+age+of+1%3B6+to+2%3B6.+A+cross-linguistic+comparison+shows+that+the+same+type+of+words+is+the+most+frequent+in+English+and+French+children%2C+while+a+comparison+with+adult+production+shows+that%2C+in+neither+language%2C+do+the+words+produced+by+children+match+exactly+the+words+they+hear+most+frequently.+The+difference+in+the+syntactic+structure+of+English+and+French+argues+strongly+for+a+cognitive+origin+to+this+close+match+of+the+children%C2%92s+words.%0AThese+words+other+than+nouns+and+verbs+are+more+complex+than+they+appear%2C+because+they+cover+a+whole+range+of+reference+principles+%C2%96+direct+reference%2C+indirect+reference%2C+shared+reference%2C+generic+reference%2C+multiple+reference%2C+ambiguity%2C+similarity%2C+repetition%2C+absence+of++%C2%96%2C+as+well+as+a+wide+range+of+expressive+meanings.+This+type+of+words+appears+and+grows+throughout+the+children%C2%92s+second+year+and+provides+the+basic+stones+for+further+lexicon+and+syntax+development.%0A&rft.date=2000-10&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2114%2F3%2Fbeyond.pdf&rft.identifier=++Parisse%2C+Christophe+and+Le+Normand%2C+Marie-Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se++(2000)+Beyond+the+realm+of+noun+and+verb%3A+the+cognitive+lexicon+of+the+young+child.+++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2114%2F