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Cain, Kate; Towse, Andrea S.; Knight, Rachael S. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2009
Two experiments compared 7- and 8-year-olds' and 9- and 10-year-olds' ability to use semantic analysis and inference from context to understand idioms. We used a multiple-choice task and manipulated whether the idioms were transparent or opaque, familiar or novel, and presented with or without a supportive story context. Performance was compared…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Semantics, Language Processing, Comparative Analysis
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Ford, William; Olson, David – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1975
Two experiments were conducted to determine whether children, ages 4-7 assign invariant labels to objects or describe the objects in terms of the context of alternatives. The acquisition of adjective ordering rules and information limits on children's utterances were also examined. (JMB)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Age Differences, Child Language, Early Childhood Education
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Vasta, Ross; Teitelbaum, Michael – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1976
This study tested the hypothesis that the reported increase in children's use of prepositional phrases when exposed to novel (inverted) prepositional phrases could be eliminated by discrimination training in two prepositional forms. (Author/MS)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Discrimination Learning, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students