The Grammar of Action: "Phrase Structure" in Children's Copying.

Ninio, Anat; Lieblich, Amia

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The Grammar of Action: "Phrase Structure" in Children's Copying

Ninio, Anat; Lieblich, Amia

Child Development, 47, 3, 846-850, Sep 76

Reports two studies in which preschool and elementary school children's preference for certain strategies in copying a compound figure were interpreted in terms of a simple phrase structure. The phrase structure involved movements controlled with minimal degrees of freedom. (Author/JMB)

Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Geometric Concepts, Preschool Children, Verbal Development

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