The Development of Language
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The Development of Language is a widely used textbook in psycholinguistics and language acquisition that explores how children learn and develop language from infancy through later childhood.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Development of Language canonical | 2 |
| Language Development: Introduction to Language Development | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7815229 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Development of Language Context triple: [Jean Berko Gleason, notableWork, The Development of Language]
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A.
On the Origin of Language
On the Origin of Language is a 19th-century work by philologist Hensleigh Wedgwood that explores the origins and development of human speech and linguistic forms.
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B.
The Psycho-Biology of Language
The Psycho-Biology of Language is a seminal work by linguist George K. Zipf that explores statistical patterns in language use and their relation to human behavior, introducing what became known as Zipf's law.
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C.
Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech
"Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech" is a foundational 1921 work in linguistics that systematically explores the nature, structure, and function of human language.
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D.
Treatise on the Origin of Language
Treatise on the Origin of Language is an influential 18th-century philosophical work that explores the natural, cultural, and historical origins of human language.
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E.
Language and Mind
Language and Mind is a collection of influential essays by Noam Chomsky that explores the nature of language, human cognition, and their implications for philosophy and psychology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Development of Language Target entity description: The Development of Language is a widely used textbook in psycholinguistics and language acquisition that explores how children learn and develop language from infancy through later childhood.
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A.
On the Origin of Language
On the Origin of Language is a 19th-century work by philologist Hensleigh Wedgwood that explores the origins and development of human speech and linguistic forms.
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B.
The Psycho-Biology of Language
The Psycho-Biology of Language is a seminal work by linguist George K. Zipf that explores statistical patterns in language use and their relation to human behavior, introducing what became known as Zipf's law.
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C.
Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech
"Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech" is a foundational 1921 work in linguistics that systematically explores the nature, structure, and function of human language.
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D.
Treatise on the Origin of Language
Treatise on the Origin of Language is an influential 18th-century philosophical work that explores the natural, cultural, and historical origins of human language.
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E.
Language and Mind
Language and Mind is a collection of influential essays by Noam Chomsky that explores the nature of language, human cognition, and their implications for philosophy and psychology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
non-fiction book
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textbook ⓘ |
| audience |
clinicians
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educators ⓘ researchers ⓘ students ⓘ |
| coversPeriod |
infancy
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middle childhood ⓘ preschool years ⓘ toddlerhood ⓘ |
| describedAs |
widely used textbook in language acquisition
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widely used textbook in psycholinguistics ⓘ |
| field |
language acquisition
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psycholinguistics ⓘ |
| focus |
how children learn language
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how language skills develop over time ⓘ |
| includes |
empirical findings on child language
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research summaries ⓘ theoretical perspectives ⓘ |
| intendedFor | university-level instruction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| topic |
atypical language development
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bilingual language development ⓘ biological bases of language ⓘ child language development ⓘ cognitive bases of language acquisition ⓘ environmental influences on language development ⓘ first language acquisition ⓘ individual differences in language development ⓘ infant language development ⓘ language comprehension in children ⓘ language disorders in children ⓘ language production in children ⓘ lexical development ⓘ phonological development ⓘ pragmatic development ⓘ semantic development ⓘ social bases of language acquisition ⓘ syntactic development ⓘ theories of language acquisition ⓘ |
| use |
courses in developmental psychology
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courses in psycholinguistics ⓘ courses in speech-language pathology ⓘ graduate teaching ⓘ introductory courses in language development ⓘ undergraduate teaching ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Development of Language Description of subject: The Development of Language is a widely used textbook in psycholinguistics and language acquisition that explores how children learn and develop language from infancy through later childhood.
Referenced by (3)
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