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"The Spotty Cow Tickled the Pig with a Curly Tail": How Do Sentence Position, Preferred Argument Structure, and Referential Complexity Affect Children's and Adults' Choice of Referring Expression?
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Theakston, Anna L. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2012
In this study, 5-year-olds and adults described scenes that differed according to whether (a) the subject or object of a transitive verb represented an accessible or inaccessible referent, consistent or inconsistent with patterns of preferred argument structure, and (b) a simple noun was sufficient to uniquely identify an inaccessible referent.…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Sentences, Nouns, Adults
Children's Picture Naming Difficulty and Errors: Effects of Age of Acquisition, Uncertainty, and Name Generality.
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Johnson, Carla J.; Clark, James M. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1988
Two studies examining three correlates of child picture naming difficulty (age of name acquisition, picture-to-name uncertainty, and name generality) suggested that picture-naming reflected both the availability of the name in the lexical memory and the name's accessibility, which, in turn, partly depended on the amount of interference from…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Child Language, Pictorial Stimuli
First Impressions: Children's Knowledge of Words Gained from a Single Exposure.
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Dickinson, David K. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1984
Reports on two studies that examined the natural process of word learning in children 4-11 years old. The children hear the new words in a conversation, a story, and paired with a definition. Results indicate that children at all ages could acquire a partial semantic representation from a single exposure. (SED)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Children, Language Acquisition
Awareness of Phonological Segments and Reading Ability in Italian Children.
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Cossu, Giuseppe; And Others – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1988
Comparison of Italian and English-speaking children's (N=200) segmentation abilities indicated that the discrepancies between the language groups reflected the children's phonologic and orthographic differences. (CB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
The Role of Linguistic Perception in Later Phonological Development.
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Velleman, Shelley L. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1988
Investigation of the perception and production of English voiceless fricatives in normally developing monolingual 3- to 5-year-olds (N=12) partially supported the hypothesis that certain sound substitutions by older children are perceptually based substitutions, typified by poor discrimination, while others are phonetic substitutions--phonemic…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Auditory Perception, Child Development, Child Language
Factors Related to Cross-Language Transfer and Metaphor Interpretation in Bilingual Children.
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Johnson, Janice – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1989
Examination of factors underlying cross-language transfer in metaphor interpretation among bilingual (Spanish-English) 7- to 12-year-olds indicated that metaphor interpretation ability was higher in the older subjects. The level of metaphor interpretation was most strongly related to cognitive-developmental variables that were interdependent…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Bilingualism, Child Language, Children
Effects of Age of Acquisition on Grammatical Sensitivity: Evidence from On-Line and Off-Line Tasks.
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Emmorey, Karen; And Others – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1995
Using a video sign-monitoring task in American Sign Language, this study investigated the effects of late exposure to a primary language on adult linguistic processing. Native signers were sensitive to errors in both verb agreement and aspect; early and late signers were only sensitive to errors in aspect morphology. Late exposure was found to…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Age Differences, American Sign Language, Child Language