A First Language: The Early Stages
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A First Language: The Early Stages is a landmark psycholinguistic study that meticulously documents how a young child acquires and develops their first language over time.
All labels observed (1)
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| A First Language: The Early Stages canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A First Language: The Early Stages Context triple: [Roger Brown, notableWork, A First Language: The Early Stages]
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A.
The Development of Language
The Development of Language is a widely used textbook in psycholinguistics and language acquisition that explores how children learn and develop language from infancy through later childhood.
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B.
On the Origin of Language
On the Origin of Language is a 19th-century work by philologist Hensleigh Wedgwood that explores the origins and development of human speech and linguistic forms.
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C.
The Psycho-Biology of Language
The Psycho-Biology of Language is a seminal work by linguist George K. Zipf that explores statistical patterns in language use and their relation to human behavior, introducing what became known as Zipf's law.
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D.
The Way to Language
"The Way to Language" is a philosophical essay by Martin Heidegger that explores the nature of language as the medium through which being and thought are disclosed.
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E.
Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech
"Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech" is a foundational 1921 work in linguistics that systematically explores the nature, structure, and function of human language.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A First Language: The Early Stages Target entity description: A First Language: The Early Stages is a landmark psycholinguistic study that meticulously documents how a young child acquires and develops their first language over time.
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A.
The Development of Language
The Development of Language is a widely used textbook in psycholinguistics and language acquisition that explores how children learn and develop language from infancy through later childhood.
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B.
On the Origin of Language
On the Origin of Language is a 19th-century work by philologist Hensleigh Wedgwood that explores the origins and development of human speech and linguistic forms.
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C.
The Psycho-Biology of Language
The Psycho-Biology of Language is a seminal work by linguist George K. Zipf that explores statistical patterns in language use and their relation to human behavior, introducing what became known as Zipf's law.
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D.
The Way to Language
"The Way to Language" is a philosophical essay by Martin Heidegger that explores the nature of language as the medium through which being and thought are disclosed.
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E.
Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech
"Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech" is a foundational 1921 work in linguistics that systematically explores the nature, structure, and function of human language.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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psycholinguistic study ⓘ |
| aimsTo | document how a young child acquires a first language over time ⓘ |
| analyzes |
order of acquisition of grammatical morphemes
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relationship between age and linguistic complexity ⓘ spontaneous speech data ⓘ |
| author | Roger Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contribution |
establishes developmental norms for early English grammar
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influences later research on child language ⓘ offers empirical basis for theories of language acquisition ⓘ provides detailed transcripts of child speech ⓘ |
| describes |
development of mean length of utterance
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development of sentence structure ⓘ early word combinations ⓘ emergence of grammatical morphemes ⓘ stages in the acquisition of English morphology ⓘ telegraphic speech ⓘ |
| field |
language acquisition
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psycholinguistics ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
early stages of grammatical development
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longitudinal study of a single child ⓘ morphological development ⓘ pragmatic development ⓘ semantic development ⓘ syntactic development ⓘ |
| genre | academic monograph ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| methodology |
longitudinal data collection
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naturalistic observation ⓘ |
| perspective |
descriptive
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empirical ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
classic study of child language
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landmark work in psycholinguistics ⓘ |
| subject |
child language development
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first language acquisition ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
researchers in language acquisition
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students of developmental psychology ⓘ students of linguistics ⓘ |
| usedIn |
linguistics education
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psychology education ⓘ speech-language pathology education ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A First Language: The Early Stages Description of subject: A First Language: The Early Stages is a landmark psycholinguistic study that meticulously documents how a young child acquires and develops their first language over time.
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