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Direct linkMatthews, Danielle; Lieven, Elena; Theakston, Anna; Tomasello, Michael – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2006
Choosing appropriate referring expressions requires assessing whether a referent is "available" to the addressee either perceptually or through discourse. In Study 1, we found that 3- and 4-year-olds, but not 2-year-olds, chose different referring expressions (noun vs. pronoun) depending on whether their addressee could see the intended referent…
Descriptors: Young Children, Age Differences, Form Classes (Languages), Nouns
