Nadine's father says, "Look at that ferret with that man." She has never before heard the term "ferret," but because of where the term occurred in her dad's statement, she is sure that it refers the little furry animal that the man has on a leash. Nadine's ability to ascertain the meaning of the word "ferret" was accomplished using

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Nadine used syntactic bootstrapping to figure out the meaning of the word "ferret" by using the context in which the word was used in her father's sentence. Syntactic bootstrapping involves using the grammatical structure of a sentence to learn new words and their meanings. Overextension refers to using a known word to refer to a broader range of objects than it actually applies to, telegraphic speech is a stage of language development where young children use short, focused phrases to communicate, and emergent literacy refers to the skills that children develop before they learn to read and write, such as recognizing letters and understanding story structure.

Nadine's Father Says, "Look at That Ferret with That Man