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Peer reviewedAkiyama, M. Michael – Child Development, 1985
English- and Japanese-speaking children aged four and five were asked to say the opposite of statements. Statements varied in truth value and unmarked/marked membership of antonym pairs. Findings did not support a universality hypothesis; differences were found between the two groups in the use of semantic and syntactic denial. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Children, Japanese, Language Acquisition, Language Research
