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Peer reviewedWaller, Glenn – Journal of Child Language, 1986
Two experiments showed that: 5- and 6-year-old listeners have difficulties with spatial reference if it includes "left" and "right"; and 7-year-olds understand this limitation on the comprehension skill of younger children and make appropriate allowances by using more landmarks instead. (CB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Language Processing, Language Usage
Peer reviewedThompson, Laura A.; Massaro, Dominic W. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1986
Investigates the relative influence of speech and pointing gesture information in the interpretation of referential acts among children averaging three and five years of age and adults. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adults, Body Language, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedGolinkoff, Roberta Michnick; And Others – Journal of Child Language, 1987
Three studies assessing language comprehension of infants and toddlers through a method requiring a minimum of motor movement, no speech production, and differential visual fixation of two simultaneously presented video events provide insight into children's emerging linguistic capabilities and help resolve controversies about language production…
Descriptors: Child Language, Correlation, Language Acquisition, Language Aptitude
