CAPES 10 : Acquiring the lexicon

First look here. Now ask yourself how you went about learning the words of the language. Each member of your work-group should tell the others how he tackles this part of language acquisition.

How does the lexicon work? How are items stored, and what information is stocked with them? And how do speakers link one item with another to make sentences and texts? Brian MacWhinney offers a Competitive Model.

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