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Peer reviewedCox, M. V.; Richardson, J. Ryder – Journal of Child Language, 1985
Describes a study of children's production of locative prepositions in order to test H. Clark's hypotheses regarding the acquisition of spatial terms. Subjects were required to describe the spatial arrangement of two balls arranged in each of three spatial dimensions. (SED)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Children, Language Acquisition
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
