Children's Causal Attributions to States and Events Described by Different Classes of Verbs.

Corrigan, Roberta; Stevenson, Colleen

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ERIC Number: EJ493643

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Publication Date: 1994

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Children's Causal Attributions to States and Events Described by Different Classes of Verbs.

Corrigan, Roberta; Stevenson, Colleen

Cognitive Development, v9 n2 p235-56 Apr-Jun 1994

The causal structure of schemas for the actions and states by different classes of English verbs was examined in the elicited narratives of 19 preschool children. Results showed that verbs within a class elicited similar narratives, whereas across classes the event descriptions varied in the animacy of the event participants and the causal connections between them. (TJQ)

Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Child Language, Early Childhood Education, Language Acquisition, Preschool Children, Social Cognition, Verbs

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Language: English

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