The role of speaker eye gaze and mutual exclusivity in novel word learning by monolingual and bilingual children.

ABSTRACT: The current study examined the combined effect of a speaker's eye gaze and mutual exclusivity (ME) on novel word retention in monolingual and bilingual children. A novel object was presented with a familiar object, and children were taught new labels for objects under two conditions. In the Align condition, the speaker's gaze and the ME cue provided the same information (the speaker looked at the novel object while labeling it with a novel name). In the Conflict condition, the speaker's gaze and the ME cue provided competing information (the speaker looked at the familiar object while labeling it with a novel name). Using a visual world eye-tracking paradigm, children's retention was assessed by testing novel objects with novel labels and by testing the familiar objects with novel labels.

SUBMITTER: Gangopadhyay I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9161706 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature