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Maouene, Josita; Hidaka, Shohei; Smith, Linda B. – Cognitive Science, 2008
This article reports the structure of associations among 101 common verbs and body parts. The verbs are those typically learned by children learning English prior to 3 years of age. In a free association task, 50 adults were asked to provide the single body part that came to mind when they thought of each verb. Analyses reveal highly systematic…
Descriptors: Verbs, Language Acquisition, English, Young Children