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Expression of the Part-Whole Semantic Relation by 3- to 12-Year-Old Children.
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Litowitz, Bonnie E.; Novy, Forrest A. – Journal of Child Language, 1984
Investigates expression of part-whole semantic relation by children 3 to 12 years old and indicates that older children prefer its use significantly more often. The part-whole semantic relation was also observed to take several linguistic forms, such as partitive, spatial, and possessive. Age, experimental task format, or type of experimental…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Children, Cognitive Development
When Half a Word Is Enough: Infants Can Recognize Spoken Words Using Partial Phonetic Information.
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Fernald, Anne; Swingley, Daniel; Pinto, John P. – Child Development, 2001
Two experiments tracked infants' eye movements to examine use of word-initial information to understand fluent speech. Results indicated that 21- and 18-month-olds recognized partial words as quickly and reliably as whole words. Infants' productive vocabulary and reaction time were related to word recognition accuracy. Results show that…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Eye Movements
Developmental Changes in the Access of Referential and Associative Information by Pictures and Words. Research Bulletin #9.
Marschark, Marc; Carroll, Elizabeth – 1984
Three experiments examined referential and associative linkages in memory as a function of stimulus and response material formats. Second grade, sixth grade, and university students were the subjects. In Experiment 1, subjects pointed to either the picture or printed name of a stimulus corresponding to the name or picture, respectively, pointed to…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Association (Psychology), Cognitive Development