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Babies Learn What Words Mean before They Can Use Them
Babies begin to learn words and what they mean well before they begin talking, and researchers are beginning to understand how they do it. "I think it's especially intriguing that we find evidence that for infants, even their early words aren't 'islands': even with a very small vocabulary they seem to have a sense that some words and concepts are more 'similar' than others,” Dr. Elika Bergelson from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina told Reuters Health by email.
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