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Cox, Maureen V.; Isard, Sarah – Journal of Child Language, 1990
Describes a study that concluded that children generally treat the spatial locatives "in front of" and "behind" in a nondeictic way when a referent object with an obvious front is involved. Tasks that emphasized the viewpoint of the observer, however, caused a deictic response. (GLR)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Tests, Language Processing, Language Research