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Peer reviewedPappas, Athina; Gelman, Susan A. – Journal of Child Language, 1998
This study investigated the use of generic noun phrases by preschool children and their mothers. Results indicate striking differences in the way generics and non-generics are distributed in the speech of both groups, suggesting generic noun phrases differ in their semantics and conceptual organization from non-generics and may reflect children's…
Descriptors: Child Language, Grammar, Interpersonal Communication, Language Acquisition
