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Richards, Meredith Martin – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1976
A production-based method of investigating children's understanding of deictic verbs is described. Use of "come/go" and "bring/take" by 4-7-year-olds is compared with Clark and Garnica's 1974 study. Data reveal different facts about verb acquisition processes and order. (CHK)
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Ability, Language Acquisition, Language Usage
Freyd, Pamela; Baron, Jonathan – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1982
Presents study in which eighth and superior fifth graders were given a vocabulary test consisting of simple words and derived words. Results show superiority of fifth graders was greater for derived words due to their tendency to analyze these words into roots and suffixes. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, English, Grade 5
Clark, Eve V. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Research supported in part by a National Science Foundation Grant. (VM)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Experiments, Information Processing
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
Stolz, Walter S.; Tiffany, Janice – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Development
