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Peer reviewedBates, Elizabeth; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1980
Studies infants' symbolic gestures in and out of context with objects varying in degree of perceptual/contextual support. Results indicate vocabulary production correlates with symbolic gesture out of context and that vocabulary comprehension correlates with symbolic gesture in context. Gestures that bear the strongest relationship to language are…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Infants, Language Skills, Models
Peer reviewedSmith, Cheryl A.; Sachs, Jacqueline – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1990
Twenty-four 12- to 19-month-old children were studied to examine the cognitive basis for the emergence of verbs. Substantial increases in verb comprehension across contexts, abstract cognition, and the ability to engage in symbolic action were observed, suggesting a relationship between underlying cognitive development and increased verb…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Language Acquisition
Taharally, L. C. – 1989
A controlled study involving 60 randomly selected 4- to 5-year-old children from Guyana (South America) assessed whether providing the opportunity for fantasy play to children in nursery schools that do not provide such opportunity would have an effect on the children's level of symbolic, language, and cognitive ability. Subjects included 20…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Foreign Countries, Language Skills
