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1
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What is lexical development?

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The acquisition of words

2
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What did Katherine NELSON do?

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Classified children’s first 50 words.

3
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What theory does NELSONS research support?

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Bruner - children are brought up around different nouns, the majority of the first 50 words were nouns.
Children don’t learn abstract nouns.

4
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What do first words reflect?

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The environment in which you’re brought up in.