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Direct linkMcDonough, Laraine; Choi, Soonja; Mandler, Jean M. – Cognitive Psychology, 2003
Concepts of containment, support, and degree of fit were investigated using nonverbal, preferential-looking tasks with 9- to 14-month-old infants and adults who were fluent in either English or Korean. Two contrasts were tested: tight containment vs. loose support (grammaticized as "in" and "on" in English by spatial prepositions and "kkita" and…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Semantics, Infants, Spatial Ability
Peer reviewedAkiyama, Michael M. – Cognitive Psychology, 1979
Acquisition of answering systems based on speaker intention v literal components of questions was investigated in monolingual and bilingual English- and Japanese-speaking children. The results suggested that the English system is acquired earlier than the Japanese system and that the two systems interact in bilingual children. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Japanese, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns
