How Do Children Describe Spatial Relationships?.

Cox, M. V.; Richardson, J. Ryder

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ERIC Number: EJ326860

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Publication Date: 1985

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How Do Children Describe Spatial Relationships?

Cox, M. V.; Richardson, J. Ryder

Journal of Child Language, v12 n3 p611-20 Oct 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, Perceptual Development, Prepositions, Spatial Ability

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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