Stages and processes by which children acquire language, including fast mapping, overregularization and telegraphic speech. A phenomenon belongs here when its cited article describes how children learn words or grammar. Every member sits in the Psychology Atlas as its own page with a definition, cited sources and links to related effects, so the group works as a reading path through Language Development in Children rather than as a claim that the members share one cause. Where scholars disagree about how an effect should be classified, the member page says so.
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Fast mapping (Wikipedia)
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In cognitive psychology, fast mapping is the term used for the hypothesized mental process whereby a new concept is learned (or a new hypothesis formed) based only on minimal exposure to a given unit of information (e.g., one exposure to a word in an informative context where its referent is present).
Telegraphic speech (Wikipedia)
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Telegraphic speech, according to linguistics and psychology, is speech during the two-word stage of language acquisition in children, which is laconic and efficient.
Overregularization (Wikipedia)
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Regularization is a linguistic phenomenon exemplified by the replacement of irregular forms in morphology or syntax with regular ones. It has been observed in language acquisition, language development, and language change contexts.
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