Learning Names for Solid Substances: Quantifying Solid Entities in Terms of Portions.

Prasada, Sandeep

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ERIC Number: EJ482104

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Publication Date: 1993

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Learning Names for Solid Substances: Quantifying Solid Entities in Terms of Portions.

Prasada, Sandeep

Cognitive Development, v8 n1 p83-104 Jan-Mar 1993

This study of 2.5 and 3.5 year olds indicated that children of this age do not know many names for solid substances but can be taught names for them; that children represent the names as mass nouns and possibly adjectives; and that there is development of children's nonlinguistic knowledge of substances between the ages of 2.5 and 3 years. (TJQ)

Descriptors: Child Language, Language Acquisition, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Verbal Development, Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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