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Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1976
Children at three age levels were administered Schutz and Keislar's word-span task using nouns, verbs and functors as stimuli. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Function Words, Language Acquisition
Butterfield, Gail B.; Butterfield, Earl C. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1977
People of ages 4, 6, 8, 10, 20 and 70 years named pictures selected to represent the entire range of lexical consensus among 20-year-olds. Consensus within each group increased with age, up to 20. Data indicate words coding culturally important events are acquired earliest. (CHK)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Language Acquisition, Lexicology, Verbal Development
Huttenlocher, Janellen; Lui, Felicia – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1979
Reports on experiments examining the semantic organization of concrete nouns and verbs and its development in childhood. Differences in semantic organization are said to be a clue to age-related changes in performance with verbs. (AM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Experimental Psychology, Language Acquisition