When children use the grammatical structure of a sentence to infer the meaning of a novel word,it is termed 'Semantic bootstrapping'.

Name: When children use the grammatical structure of a sentence to infer the meaning of a novel word,it is termed 'Semantic bootstrapping'.
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This process is called 'syntactic bootstrapping'. Semantic bootstrapping refers to the use of semantic knowledge (meaning of words and sentences) to infer grammatical structure.

When Children Use the Grammatical Structure of a Sentence to Infer