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Direct linkBrandone, Amanda C.; Gelman, Susan A. – Cognitive Development, 2013
The goal of the present study was to explore domain differences in young children's expectations about the structure of animal and artifact categories. We examined 5-year-olds' and adults' use of category-referring generic noun phrases (e.g., "Birds fly") about novel animals and artifacts. The same stimuli served as both animals and artifacts;…
Descriptors: Animals, Language Usage, Language Acquisition, Cues
Peer reviewedPappas, Athina; Gelman, Susan A. – Journal of Child Language, 1998
This study investigated the use of generic noun phrases by preschool children and their mothers. Results indicate striking differences in the way generics and non-generics are distributed in the speech of both groups, suggesting generic noun phrases differ in their semantics and conceptual organization from non-generics and may reflect children's…
Descriptors: Child Language, Grammar, Interpersonal Communication, Language Acquisition
