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The development of complex meaning
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The development of complex meaning
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lexical representation and access in adults, typical children, and children with autism
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Isacoff
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Nora M.
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1984-
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Nora M. Isacoff
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Kimberly
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Kimberly Brenneman
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Rochel Gelman
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Lila Gleitman
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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2014
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2014
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This dissertation explores the development of words and categories with the intention of better understanding the organization of the lexicon. Study I investigates lexical organization, lexical access, and categorization in adults. In particular, I contrast the way adults access lexical items with the way they explicitly categorize these items. By testing speakers of two different languages—English and Mandarin—I also explore which aspects of lexical organization are universal and which are linguistically relative. Study II investigates the nature of lexical representation, access, and categorization in two- through nine-year-old typically-developing children. Additionally, I investigate the way developments in categorization do and do not coincide with development of the ability to articulate these categories, with the acquisition of relevant declarative knowledge, and with developments in other cognitive abilities. The results of the first two studies suggest that lexical organization and access are qualitatively different in young children than in adults. Study III investigates the nature of the lexicon and categories in children with autism. I find that although autistic children have many cognitive deficits, they seem to follow typical patterns of category development. Together, these studies improve our understanding of the nature and development of lexical organization, lexical access, and categorization.
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lexicon
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Psychology
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Lexical grammar
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Autism in children
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Cognition in children
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Cognition in adolescence
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1 onilne resource (xii, 182 p. : ill.)
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by Nora M. Isacoff
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ETD doctoral
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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