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ERIC Number: EJ493584
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Semantic Constraints on Word Learning: Proper Names and Adjectives.
Hall, D. Geoffrey
Child Development, v65 n5 p1299-1317 Oct 1994
Four experiments examined three- and four-year olds' interpretations of novel words applied to familiar objects in the sentence frame "This Y is X," where X is a novel word and Y is a familiar count noun. Results indicated that preschoolers understood that the novel words were either proper names or adjectives/mass nouns. (MDM)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Childhood Attitudes, Language Attitudes, Language Usage, Nouns, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Semantics, Vocabulary Development
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Count Nouns; Proper Nouns