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Peer reviewedKavanaugh, Robert D. – Child Development, 1976
Preschool children were tested for their understanding of the words "more" and "less" in a comprehension condition and a construction condition. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Preschool Children, Research Methodology, Semantics
Peer reviewedAnglin, Jeremy M. – Child Development, 1978
Argues that inferring the intension (meaning) of children's words solely from the words' extension (referential scope) is problematic and describes two studies of the intension of children's words which involve a different approach. (JMB)
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Research, Psycholinguistics, Research Methodology
