Lab Publications

Representative Publications:

Scofield, J., & Behrend, D. (2008, April). Learning words from reliable and
unreliable speakers. Cognitive Development, 23(2), 278-290. Read it.

Scofield, J., & Behrend, D. (2007, November). Two-year-olds differentially
disambiguate novel words and facts. Journal of Child Language, 34(4),
875-889. Re ad it .

Scofield, J., Williams, A., & Behrend, D. (2007, August). Word learning in
the absence of a speaker. First Language, 27(3), 297-311. Read it.

Behrend, D.A. & Scofield, J. (2006). Verbs, actions and intentions. In K.
Hirsh-Pasek & R.M. Golinkoff (Eds.). Action meets word: How children learn
verbs (pp. 286-307). New York, NY, US: Oxford University Press. Read it.

Behrend, D.A., & Wittek, A. (2002). Verbs, actions, and intentionality.
Paper Presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies,
Toronto, CA.

Behrend, D.A., Scofield, J., & Kleinknecht, E.E. (2001). Beyond Fast
Mapping: Young Children's Extensions of Novel Words and Novel Facts,
Developmental Psychology, 37, 698-705. Read it.

Behrend, D. A. (1995). Processes involved in the initial mapping of verb
meanings. In M. Tomasello & W. Merriman (Eds.), Beyond names for
things: Children's acquisition of verbs (pp. 251-273). Hillsdale, NJ:
Erlbaum.

Behrend, D. A., Harris, L. L., & Cartwright, K. B. (1995). Morphological cues
to verb meaning: Inflections and the initial mapping of verb meanings.
Journal of Child Language, 22, 89-106.

Behrend, D. A. (1990). The development of verb concepts: Children's use
of verbs to label familiar and novel events. Child Development, 61,
681-696.

Behrend, D. A. (1990). Constraints and development: A reply to Nelson
(1988). Cognitive Development, 5, 313-330.