The Closed-Class Vocabulary as a Closed Set.

Chafetz, Jill

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ERIC Number: EJ491197

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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The Closed-Class Vocabulary as a Closed Set.

Chafetz, Jill

Applied Psycholinguistics, v15 n3 p273-87 Sep 1994

To test to what extent children are aware of the differences between closed-class and open-class words, 104 children aged 3 to 5 years participated in a sentence repetition task. Children were more likely to repeat sentences correctly when the nonsense words functioned in open-class rather than in closed-class contexts. (Contains 20 references.) (MDM)

Descriptors: Adjectives, Age Differences, Form Classes (Languages), Language Impairments, Language Usage, Prepositions, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Syntax, Vocabulary Skills

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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