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Goksun, Tilbe; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy; Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick – Cognitive Development, 2010
Upon witnessing a causal event, do children's gestures encode causal knowledge that (a) does not appear in their linguistic descriptions or (b) conveys the same information as their sentential expressions? The former use of gesture is considered supplementary; the latter is considered reinforcing. Sixty-four English-speaking children aged 2.5-5…
Descriptors: Sentence Structure, Nonverbal Communication, Preschool Children, Speech Communication
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Seston, Rebecca; Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick; Ma, Weiyi; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy – Cognitive Development, 2009
Can 6- and 8-year-olds (and adults) comprehend common instrument verbs when extended to novel situations? Participants heard eight unusual extensions of common verbs and were asked to paraphrase the verbs' meanings. Half of the verbs used were "specified instrument" verbs that include the name of the instrument used to perform the action (e.g., a…
Descriptors: Verbs, Standardized Tests, Novels, Language Acquisition