within-language synonyms

[Margaret Fleck]

Admittedly it's only one pair, but there should be lots of data somewhere about
whether and when kids acquire both members of the sofa/couch synonym pair
from the MacArthur CDI.   

Margaret Fleck

--- On Mon, 3/15/10, Barbara Pearson <bpearson at research.umass.edu> wrote:

From: Barbara Pearson <bpearson at research.umass.edu>
Subject: Re: within-language synonyms
To: info-childes at googlegroups.com
Cc: "Ginny Gathercole" <v.c.gathercole at bangor.ac.uk>, "Barbara Pearson" <bpearson at research.umass.edu>
Date: Monday, March 15, 2010, 6:31 AM

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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