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Direct linkDittmar, Miriam; Abbot-Smith, Kirsten; Lieven, Elena; Tomasello, Michael – Child Development, 2008
Two comprehension experiments were conducted to investigate whether German children are able to use the grammatical cues of word order and word endings (case markers) to identify agents and patients in a causative sentence and whether they weigh these two cues differently across development. Two-year-olds correctly understood only sentences with…
Descriptors: Sentences, Cues, Grammar, Word Order
Peer reviewedBates, Elizabeth; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Compares sentence interpretation in American and Italian children between the ages of two and five. Results indicated that Italian children relied primarily on semantic cues, whereas American children relied on word order. (Author/CI)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cues, Interpretive Skills, Preschool Children
