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Direct linkGraham, Susan A.; Nayer, Samantha L.; Gelman, Susan A. – Child Development, 2011
These studies investigated two hundred and forty-four 24- and 30-month-olds' sensitivity to generic versus nongeneric language when acquiring knowledge about novel kinds. Toddlers were administered an inductive inference task, during which they heard a generic noun phrase (e.g., "Blicks drink milk") or a nongeneric noun phrase (e.g., "This blick…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Nouns, Inferences, Toddlers
