Young Children and the Say/Mean Distinction: Verbatim and Paraphrase Recognition in Narrative and Nursery Rhyme Contexts.

Lee, Elizabeth A.; Torrance, Nancy; Olson, David R.

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ERIC Number: EJ631064

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2001

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Young Children and the Say/Mean Distinction: Verbatim and Paraphrase Recognition in Narrative and Nursery Rhyme Contexts.

Lee, Elizabeth A.; Torrance, Nancy; Olson, David R.

Journal of Child Language, v28 n2 p531-43 Jun 2001

Children's ability to distinguish between the text (what was said) and the intentional structure (what was meant) was interrogated by means of verbatim and paraphrase questions in two types of discourse: narratives and nursery rhymes. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Ability, Language Acquisition, Nursery Rhymes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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