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Direct linkKöymen, Bahar; Schmerse, Daniel; Lieven, Elena; Tomasello, Michael – Developmental Psychology, 2014
In 2 studies, we investigated how peers establish a "referential pact" to call something, for example, a "cushion" versus a "pillow" (both equally felicitous). In Study 1, pairs of 4-and 6-year-old German-speaking peers established a referential pact for an artifact, for example, a "woman's shoe," in a…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Young Children, Age Differences, Language Usage
Salomo, Dorothe; Lieven, Elena; Tomasello, Michael – Journal of Child Language, 2013
Young children answer many questions every day. The extent to which they do this in an adult-like way -- following Grice's Maxim of Quantity by providing the requested information, no more no less -- has been studied very little. In an experiment, we found that two-, three- and four-year-old children are quite skilled at answering…
Descriptors: Young Children, Questioning Techniques, Responses, Child Psychology
