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Download full textBartlett, Elsa Jaffe – 1977
This study investigates acquisition of two aspects of the meaning of color terms: semantic organization and reference. A longitudinal, repeated measure design was used, and data were collected from 33 subjects, 2 to 4 years old at first testing. Four tasks were used: one to assess semantic organization (the acquisition of the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Color, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedBartlett, Elsa Jaffe – Journal of Child Language, 1976
Two tasks were used to test predictions of the Semantic Feature Hypothesis (SFH) about children's comprehension of the meaning of spatial adjectives. Predictions about acquisition order for dimensional features were supported; predictions about polarity were not. An acquisition hypothesis is offered that is contrary to the SFH. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Child Language, Comprehension, Hypothesis Testing
