Class notes, Psych of Language Development

Theories of Word Learning

1. Constraints/Principles Theories (think about Piaget)
   
• Noun-category bias - Quinean connundrum
  
• Markman's Mutual Exclusivity
• Taxomonic Assumption
2. Social-Pragmatic Theory (think about Vygotsky)
   
• Joint attention - social construction
  
3. Associationistic Theory
4. Emergentist Coalition Theory (different theories apply at different stages)
   
• Hybrid approach