Young Children Draw Conclusions About the Meanings of Words Based

Multiple Choice

Young children draw conclusions about the meanings of words based on a few basic rules. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

A) ​Unfamiliar words heard in the presence of both familiar and unfamiliar objects will be associated with the object that does not already have a name.
B) ​A name refers to a whole object, not parts of the object or its relationship with other objects.
C) ​A name refers to only a specific object, and not all objects of the same type or category.
D) ​If an object already has a name and another name is presented, the new name will denote a subcategory of the first name.