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Colour-Name versus Shape-Name Learning in Young Children.
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Bornstein, Marc H. – Journal of Child Language, 1985
Describes a study designed to compare color-name with shape-name learning by three-year-old children in an experimentally controlled format. Results show that children learned color-label associates significantly more slowly than matched shape-label associates, and they committed more errors with colors than with shapes during learning. Provides a…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Assimilation in Child Language and Elsewhere
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Cruttenden, Alan – Journal of Child Language, 1978
This article discusses children's phonological limitations, including perceptual difficulties and productive difficulties. (NCR)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Child Language, Cognitive Development, Language Acquisition
The Use of 'Left' and 'Right' in Speech: The Development of Listener-Specific Skills.
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Waller, Glenn – Journal of Child Language, 1986
Two experiments showed that: 5- and 6-year-old listeners have difficulties with spatial reference if it includes "left" and "right"; and 7-year-olds understand this limitation on the comprehension skill of younger children and make appropriate allowances by using more landmarks instead. (CB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Language Processing, Language Usage
Language Development as Related to Stage Six Object Permanence Development
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Corrigan, Roberta – Journal of Child Language, 1978
A longitudinal study of three children examined the relation between object permanence and language development. (Author/NCR)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Language Acquisition, Language Research