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Peer reviewedSamuelson, Larissa K. – Developmental Psychology, 2002
This research tested the hypothesis that young children's bias to generalize names for solid objects by shape is the product of statistical regularities among nouns in the early productive vocabulary. Fifteen- to 20-month-olds given intensive naming experiences with typical noun categories developed a precocious shape bias and showed accelerated…
Descriptors: Bias, Dimensional Preference, Language Acquisition, Models
Peer reviewedCarroll, Wayne R.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1972
Children's imitation of a model's sentence structure, word content and use of present, imperfect or future tense verbs was studied in third and fourth graders. (Authors)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grammar, Imitation, Language Acquisition
