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Peer reviewedJohnson, Carl Nils; Wellman, Henry M. – Child Development, 1980
Preschoolers interpreted mental verbs with respect to their mental state in contrast to external state. These children were nontheless ignorant of definitive distinctions between the mental verbs, completely confusing cases of remembering, knowing, and guessing. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Preschool Children
