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| Comprehension | 1 |
| Intellectual Development | 1 |
| Listening Comprehension | 1 |
| Object Manipulation | 1 |
| Preschool Children | 1 |
| Preschool Education | 1 |
| Psycholinguistics | 1 |
| Syntax | 1 |
| Task Performance | 1 |
| Word Recognition | 1 |
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| Cognition | 1 |
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| Grieve, Robert | 1 |
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Peer reviewedGrieve, Robert; And Others – Cognition, 1977
The ability of two and three-year-old children to comprehend the prepositions in, on, and under was tested. Results suggest that the young child's comprehension of locative instructions involves an interaction between aspects of the instruction's word meanings, word order, and the child's understanding of the context. (Author/MV)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Listening Comprehension, Object Manipulation
