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Peer reviewedWaxman, Sandra R.; Hatch, Thomas – Journal of Child Language, 1992
Examines (1) preschool children's production of multiple, hierarchically related labels; (2) the pragmatic consequences of the inherent asymmetry of inclusion relations; and (3) the influence of morphology (modifier plus noun constructions vs. simple lexemes) at the subordinate level. Performance shows an inability to label objects flexibly at…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Morphology (Languages), Nouns, Pragmatics
