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Peer reviewedGelman, Susan A.; Tardif, Twila – Cognition, 1998
Three studies examined adults' generic noun phrases in English and Mandarin Chinese from child-directed speech of caregivers interacting with their toddlers. Found that generic noun phrases were reliably identified in both languages. Generic noun phrases most frequently referred to animals. Non-generic noun phrases were used most frequently for…
Descriptors: Adults, Caregiver Speech, Child Caregivers, Classification
