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ERIC Number: EJ124707
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1975
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The Elaboration of the Noun Phrase in Children's Description of Objects
Ford, William; Olson, David
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 19, 3, 371-382, Jun 75
Two experiments were conducted to determine whether children, ages 4-7 assign invariant labels to objects or describe the objects in terms of the context of alternatives. The acquisition of adjective ordering rules and information limits on children's utterances were also examined. (JMB)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Age Differences, Child Language, Early Childhood Education, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Language Research, Linguistics, Nouns
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