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Kucker SC, McMurray B, Samuelson LK. Slowing Down Fast Mapping: Redefining the Dynamics of Word Learning. Child Dev Perspect. 2015;9(2):74-78doi: 10.1111/cdep.12110.
Kucker, S. C., McMurray, B., & Samuelson, L. K. (2015). Slowing Down Fast Mapping: Redefining the Dynamics of Word Learning. Child development perspectives, 9(2), 74-78. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12110
Kucker, Sarah C, et al. "Slowing Down Fast Mapping: Redefining the Dynamics of Word Learning." Child development perspectives vol. 9,2 (2015): 74-78. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12110
Kucker SC, McMurray B, Samuelson LK. Slowing Down Fast Mapping: Redefining the Dynamics of Word Learning. Child Dev Perspect. 2015 Jun;9(2):74-78. doi: 10.1111/cdep.12110. Epub 2015 Mar 12. PMID: 26918026; PMCID: PMC4764087.
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Child Dev Perspect. 2015 Jun;9(2):74-78. doi: 10.1111/cdep.12110. Epub 2015 Mar 12.

Slowing Down Fast Mapping: Redefining the Dynamics of Word Learning.

Child development perspectives

Sarah C Kucker, Bob McMurray, Larissa K Samuelson

Affiliations

  1. The University of Texas at Dallas.
  2. The University of Iowa, The Delta Center.

PMID: 26918026 PMCID: PMC4764087 DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12110

Abstract

In this article, we review literature on word learning and propose a theoretical account of how lexical knowledge and word use emerge and develop over time. We contend that the developing lexical system is built on processes that support children's in-the-moment word usage interacting with processes that create long-term learning. We argue for a new characterization of word learning in which simple mechanisms like association and competition, and the interaction between the two, guide children's selection of referents and word use in the moment. This in turn strengthens and refines the network of relationships in the lexicon, improving referent selection and use in future encounters with words. By integrating in-the-moment word use with long-term learning through simple domain-general mechanisms, this account highlights the dynamic nature of word learning and creates a broader framework for understanding language and cognitive development more generally.

Keywords: fast mapping; language development; word learning

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