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Direct linkChambers, Craig G.; Graham, Susan A.; Turner, Juanita N. – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2008
Two experiments investigated 4-year-olds' use of descriptive sentences to learn non-obvious properties of unfamiliar kinds. Novel creatures were described using generic or nongeneric sentences (e.g., "These are pagons. Pagons/These pagons are friendly"). Children's willingness to extend the described property to a new category member was then…
Descriptors: Sentences, Semantics, Preschool Children, Inferences
