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Semantic Development

Semantic Development is the component of language development that concerns the emergence and progressive refinement of knowledge about linguistic meaning, specifically the acquisition, organization, and use of word meanings and semantic relations in words, phrases, and sentences.

945

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89K

Citations

1.5K

Authors

563

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

108

Variants

Semantic Acquisition

Parents

Children

Publications

945

A distributed, developmental model of word recognition and naming.

Mark S. Seidenberg, James L. McClelland · Psychological Review · 1989 · 3.8K citations

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<b>Cognition and the development of language.</b> Ed. by John R. Hayes. New York: John Wiley &amp; Sons, 1970. Pp. x, 370. $12.00.

Lois Bloom · Language · 1974 · 2.1K citations

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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language

Nolan Miller, Gerda Oldham, Steven Pinker · The Antioch Review · 1994 · 2K citations

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On the Rise of Epistemic Meanings in English: An Example of Subjectification in Semantic Change

Elizabeth Closs Traugott · Language · 1989 · 1.8K citations

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The Structural Sources of Verb Meanings

Lila R. Gleitman · Language Acquisition · 1990 · 1.8K citations

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Authors

1.5K

  1. SR
    Sandra R. Waxman

    Northwestern University, United States

    20 publications · 1.6K citations

    18

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  2. SA
    Susan A. Gelman

    University of Michigan, United States

    17 publications · 1.6K citations

    17

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  3. LB
    Linda B. Smith

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    18 publications · 2.7K citations

    15

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  4. MB
    Melissa Bowerman

    Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands

    13 publications · 1.9K citations

    13

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  5. KK
    Karla K. McGregor

    University of Iowa, United States

    11 publications · 1.2K citations

    11

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Institutions

563

  1. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    22 h-index

    58 publications

    7.5K citations

  2. Google (United States)

    Mountain View, United States

    20 h-index

    53 publications

    4.6K citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    16 h-index

    21 publications

    4.4K citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    15 h-index

    30 publications

    2.2K citations

  5. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    14 h-index

    27 publications

    3.6K citations

  6. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    13 h-index

    27 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    13 h-index

    20 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    13 h-index

    19 publications

    1.4K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Child Language

    87 publications · 6.7K citations

    50

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  2. Child Development

    101 publications · 8.2K citations

    49

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  3. Developmental Psychology

    37 publications · 4.8K citations

    26

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  4. Cognition

    28 publications · 6K citations

    23

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  5. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

    JECP · 33 publications · 1.3K citations

    21

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