Recent Publications
Word Learning and Symbol Acquisition:
Namy, L.L., & Waxman, S.R. (2002). Patterns of spontaneous production of novel
words and gestures within an experimental setting in children ages 1;6 and 2;2.
Journal of Child Language, 29, 911-921.
Campbell, A.L. & Namy, L.L. (2003). The role of social referential cues in
verbal and non-verbal symbol learning. Child Development, 74, 549-563.
Namy, L.L., Campbell, A.L., & Tomasello, M. (2004). The changing role of
iconicity in non-verbal symbol learning: A U-shaped trajectory in the
acquisition of arbitrary gestures. Special Issue of Journal of Cognition and
Development, 5, 37-57.
Namy, L. L. & Nolan, S. A. (2004). Characterising changes in parent labelling
and gesturing and their relation to early communicative development. Journal of
Child Language, 31, 821-835.
Namy, L.L. & Waxman, S.R. (2005) Symbols Redefined. In Namy, L.L. (Ed.) Symbol
Use and Symbolic Representation, (pp. 269-277). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates.
Categorization and Conceptual Development:
Namy, L.L. & Gentner, D. (2002). Making a silk purse out of two sows’ ears: Young children’s use of comparison in category learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 131, 5-15.
Gentner, D. & Namy, L.L. (1999). Comparison in the development of categories. Cognitive Development, 14, 487-513.
Waxman, S.R., & Namy, L.L. (1997). Challenging the notion of a thematic preference in young children. Developmental Psychology, 33, 555-567.
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