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Your nephew loves cats. You have a large black cat that you named “Midnight.” Your nephew readily learn your cat’s name, but now calls all cats “Midnight.” Surely your nephew does not think that every cat’s name is “Midnight.” Why is this happening?

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Answer:

He believes the that cat = Midnight

Explanation:

He falsely beleives that the word for cat is midnight.

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The nephew's behavior is an example of overextension.

What is overextension?

An overextension takes place when a categorical term—a word used to define a set of things—is overused in language to represent more categories than it actually does. Young children are especially vulnerable to this. When a child calls all animals "doggie" or a lion a "cat," for instance, these are examples of inappropriate language. The child is defining "dog" too broadly to include all animals and misusing the term "kitty" to refer to all felines as opposed to only house cats.

Learn more about overextension here:

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