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One of the models relating to pragmatic bootstrapping would be the parsimonious model, which proposes that a child is able to learn the meaning of words by relating what they hear to what is in their immediate environment in which their senses is able to pick up on (i.e. communicative gestures).<ref name="CazaKnott2012">{{cite journal|last1=Caza|first1=Gregory A.|last2=Knott|first2=Alistair|title=Pragmatic Bootstrapping: A Neural Network Model of Vocabulary Acquisition|journal=Language Learning and Development|volume=8|issue=2|year=2012|pages=113–135|issn=1547-5441|doi=10.1080/15475441.2011.581144}}</ref> For example, a teacher may be telling a child what a dog is, while the child is interacting with the dog, either by just looking, or playing with the dog.
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This theory has been put to the test, in an experiment<ref name="CazaKnott2012"/> where it was found that infants could learn new vocabulary better, if they are able to understand the communicative intention, and if they have a basic concept of communicative gestures.
==See also==
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