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Schipke, Christine S.; Knoll, Lisa J.; Friederici, Angela D.; Oberecker, Regine – Developmental Science, 2012
The acquisition of the function of case-marking is a key step in the development of sentence processing for German-speaking children since case-marking reveals the relations between sentential arguments. In this study, we investigated the development of the processing of case-marking and argument structures in children at 3, 4;6 and 6 years of…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Sentence Structure, Grammar, Nouns
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James, Karin Harman; Maouene, Josita – Developmental Science, 2009
This study investigated neural activation patterns during verb processing in children, using fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging). Preschool children (aged 4-6) passively listened to lists of verbs and adjectives while neural activation was measured. Findings indicated that verbs were processed differently than adjectives, as the verbs…
Descriptors: Verbs, Preschool Children, Auditory Perception, Brain