On the Young Child's Use of Lexis and Syntax in Understanding Locative Instructions.

Grieve, Robert; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ180537

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Publication Date: 1977

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On the Young Child's Use of Lexis and Syntax in Understanding Locative Instructions

Grieve, Robert; And Others

Cognition, 5, 3, 235-50, Sep 77

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, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Psycholinguistics, Syntax, Task Performance, Word Recognition

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