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Download full textHutson, Barbara; And Others – 1973
Active and passive sentences were presented with probable and improbable semantic content to 100 first graders and 100 kindergartners. "Irreversible" sentences were considered improbable. In a design employing syntax, probability, grade, and sex as factors, probability and syntax were found significant both as main effects and in their…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comprehension, Expectation, Intellectual Development
