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Direct linkHall, D. Geoffrey; Williams, Sean G.; Belanger, Julie – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2010
In two experiments, one hundred ninety-two 3-year-olds, 4-year-olds, and adults heard a novel word for a target object and then were asked to extend the label to one of two test objects, one matching in shape-based object category (the shape match) and the other matching in a property other than shape (the property match). We independently…
Descriptors: Cues, Nouns, Preschool Children, Pragmatics
Peer reviewedHall, D. Geoffrey; Moore, Catherine E. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1997
Three experiments examined preschoolers' and adults' understanding of distinctive semantic functions of adjectives and count nouns. Found that 4-year olds and adults, but not 3-year olds, who heard the adjective version (e.g., "a blue bird") were more likely than those who heard the count noun version ("a bluebird") to choose…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Development
