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1
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What did Aitchison discover

A

Three stages in which children acquire vocabulary

2
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What are the three stages (in order)

A

Labelling
Packaging
Networking

3
Q

What is the labelling stage

A

The general understanding of what each word means. The child relates the sounds of the word to the object they are describing. (mummy for the child’s mother)

4
Q

What is the packaging stage

A

Explores the extent to which the label can stretch.
Very closely linked to over/underextention
(will explore the names of other four legged animals)

5
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What is the networking stage

A

Starts to make connections and relationships between different labels.
Such as opposites and similarities

6
Q

What theory does this support

A

Innateness

7
Q

What does this also show

A

Active and deductive learning

A child is working things out to make sense and is making connections for themselves.