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ERIC Number: EJ314254
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Denials in Young Children from a Cross-Linguistic Perspective.
Akiyama, M. Michael
Child Development, v56 n1 p95-102 Feb 1985
English- and Japanese-speaking children aged four and five were asked to say the opposite of statements. Statements varied in truth value and unmarked/marked membership of antonym pairs. Findings did not support a universality hypothesis; differences were found between the two groups in the use of semantic and syntactic denial. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Children, Japanese, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Language Universals, Negative Forms (Language), Preschool Children, Semantics, Syntax
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Antonyms; Propositional Analysis