Two-year-old Jeremy is participating in a study in which the researcher said that she was looking for a "crug". She then pulled an object out of a paper bag, looked happy, and said, "Ah!" Later, when a different researcher asked Jeremy the name of the object, he told her that it was a "crug." This is an example of young children's ability to use

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Jeremy's ability to infer that "crug" refers to the object based on the researcher's cues (looking for something, then showing satisfaction upon finding it) demonstrates his use of referential cues to learn new words.

Two-Year-Old Jeremy Is Participating in a Study in Which the Researcher