within-language synonyms

Barbara Pearson bpearson at research.umass.edu
Mon Mar 15 13:31:43 UTC 2010


Dear Teresa,

I think your question is asking not about cross-language synonyms (or  
translation equivalents), but about synonyms within a single language.  
Is that right?

I believe Ginny Gathercole in the mid-1990s had at least a  
presentation (at the child language symposium at Stanford) and perhaps  
a paper that was written in response to Eve Clark's claim that the  
principle of contrast kept children from accepting synonyms.  Perhaps  
you could look those up, or maybe Ginny will weigh in here, too, with  
her own and other references.

Ciao,
Barbara

On Mar 15, 2010, at 5:19 AM, Maria Teresa Guasti wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
>
> I am trying to find out when do monolingual children start to learn  
> synonymous words in their language? Do bilingual children start to  
> do so in one language early than monolingual peers  Could you point  
> out to me some reference for this topic.
>
> Best
> Teresa
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