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Direct linkHollander, Michelle A.; Gelman, Susan A.; Raman, Lakshmi – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2009
Many languages distinguish generic utterances (e.g., "Tigers are ferocious") from non-generic utterances (e.g., "Those tigers are ferocious"). Two studies examined how generic language specially links properties and categories. We used a novel-word extension task to ask if 4- to 5-year-old children and adults distinguish…
Descriptors: Semantics, Animals, Adults, Young Children
Download full textGelman, Susan A.; Markman, Ellen M. – 1983
An exploratory study probed the extent to which children rely on category membership to guide their inferences. A total of 60 children, 4 years of age, were shown 20 sets of pictures of various animals, plants, and minerals. Each set consisted of representations of three objects having two salient features: perceptual similarity/dissimilarity and…
Descriptors: Classification, Language Processing, Logical Thinking, Preschool Children
