# How Children Learn the Meanings of Words

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- Book: [How Children Learn the Meanings of Words](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-bloom/how-children-learn-the-meanings-of-words) ([How Children Learn the Meanings of Words.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-bloom/how-children-learn-the-meanings-of-words.md))
- Authors: [Paul Bloom](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-bloom)
- Publisher: Bradford Books
- ISBN: 978-02-6252-329-5
- Pages: 314
- Published: 2002-01-25
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

How do children learn that the word " dog" refers not to all four-legged animals, and not just to Ralph, but to all members of a particular species? How do they learn the meanings of verbs like " think,"...