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Direct linkMarinellie, Sally A.; Johnson, Cynthia J. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2003
The present investigation is a study of the development of adjective definitions given by participants in Grades 6 and 10 and by young adults, as well as the influence of word frequency on those definitions. A total of 150 participants (50 per age group) wrote definitions for 6 high-frequency and 6 low-frequency adjectives. Adjective definitions…
Descriptors: Semantics, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar, Definitions
