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Peer reviewedSkwarchuk, Sheri-Lynn; Anglin, Jeremy M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2002
To understand the development of number-word construction, students in grades 1, 3, 5, and 7 named and counted from a set of numbers into the billions in two studies. Findings are discussed both in relation to children's growing knowledge of the number system and to vocabulary development. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Numbers, Thinking Skills
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
Peer reviewedRice, Mabel L.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1990
Twenty language-delayed children (age three to six) viewed a presentation incorporating object, action, attribute, and affective state words into a narrative script. In pre- and postviewing word comprehension measurements, subjects scored lower than children matched for chronological age and children matched for mean length of utterance.…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps, Preschool Education, Verbal Development
