Children's Comprehension of Comparative Sentence Transformations.

Ehri, Linnea C.; Ammon, Paul R.

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Publication Date: 1974

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Children's Comprehension of Comparative Sentence Transformations

Ehri, Linnea C.; Ammon, Paul R.

Child Development, 45, 2, 512-516, Jun 74

Children, aged 4-8 were given 2-term relational problems to test the hypothesis that only older children can process sentences as propositions and realize their logical implications. Results indicated even the youngest children could perform the task. (ST)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Elementary School Students, Language Acquisition, Logical Thinking, Preschool Children, Transformational Generative Grammar

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