Resolving Apparent Contradictions: Adults' and Preschoolers' Ability To Cope with Non-Classical Negation.

Sharpe, Dean; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ547509

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Resolving Apparent Contradictions: Adults' and Preschoolers' Ability To Cope with Non-Classical Negation.

Sharpe, Dean; And Others

Journal of Child Language, v23 n3 p675-91 Oct 1996

Describes two experiments using apparent contradictions of the form "Did you like your supper:--I did and I didn't" to show that non-set theoretic interpretive structures are accessible to adults and 3-year-olds. (17 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Child Language, Communicative Competence (Languages), Hypothesis Testing, Linguistic Theory, Logical Thinking, Models, Negative Forms (Language), Toddlers

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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