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Direct linkPapafragou, Anna; Cassidy, Kimberly; Gleitman, Lila – Cognition, 2007
Mental-content verbs such as "think," "believe," "imagine" and "hope" seem to pose special problems for the young language learner. One possible explanation for these difficulties is that the concepts that these verbs express are hard to grasp and therefore their acquisition must await relevant conceptual development. According to a different,…
Descriptors: Verbs, Learning Problems, Cues, Adult Learning
