The Development of Young Children's Capacity to Judge Anomalous Sentences.

Carr, Diane B.

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Publication Date: 1979-Jun

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The Development of Young Children's Capacity to Judge Anomalous Sentences.

Carr, Diane B.

Journal of Child Language, v6 n2 p227-41 Jun 1979

Judgements about the acceptability of anomalous and non-anomalous sentences were elicted from children between the ages of 2;0 and 5;0. The aim was to see how the children's direct experience might affect their recognition of semantic constraints, and how far their experience would generalize. (Author)

Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making Skills, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Linguistic Competence, Logical Thinking, Longitudinal Studies, Preschool Children, Problem Solving, Psycholinguistics, Semantics, Sentences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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