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ERIC Number: EJ550054
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Expression of Superordinates in Children's Word Definitions.
Anglin, Jeremy M.; Skwarchuk, Sheri-Lynn
Journal of Educational Psychology, v89 n2 p298-308 Jun 1997
Developmental changes in the expression of superordinates in children's word definitions were studied with 96 elementary school students. Superordination increased significantly and changed qualitatively with age, although across grades children produced more superordinates for nouns than for adjectives or verbs. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Children, Definitions, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Verbal Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Superordinate Classes; Words
Note: Research supported by a grant and graduate scholarship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Parts of the article presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association (Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 1993) and the Biannual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (Amsterdam, the Netherlands, July 1994).