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ERIC Number: EJ176146
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Studies of Natural Language Concepts. III. Concept Overdiscrimination in Comprehension between Two and Four Years of Age
Saltz, Eli; And Others
Child Development, 48, 4, 1682-5, Dec 77
Young children's comprehension and overdiscrimination of natural language concepts were examined by asking 2- and 4-year-old children to select pictorial instances of five concrete semantic concepts. Results suggest that young children initially tend to use concept labels in a very restricted manner. (JMB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Concept Formation, Generalization, Language Acquisition, Preschool Children, Research
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