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Peer reviewedFeagans, Lynne – Journal of Child Language, 1980
Studies the perceptual relationship between temporal "before" and "after" and their spatial counterparts. Adults reported temporal "before" related to spatial "after" and temporal "after" related to spatial "before." Three-year old children better understood spatial "after" and spatial "before," suggesting a temporal/spatial semantic acquisition…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition, Language Processing
Peer reviewedStevenson, Rosemary J.; Pollitt, Caroline – Journal of Child Language, 1987
Investigation of two- to four-year-olds' (N=20) understanding of temporal terms indicated that children were more likely to understand sentences using simple tasks, materials, and commands than more complicated sentences used in previous research. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Adverbs, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
Peer reviewedAntinucci, Francesco; Miller, Ruth – Journal of Child Language, 1976
Investigates the development of past tense expressions in the speech of children from 1.6 to 2.6. It is shown that this development depends crucially on the child's cognitive construction of the time dimension, as described by Piaget. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition
