How Abstract is a Young Child's Knowledge of Syntax?.

Hutson, Barbara A.

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Publication Date: 1975

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How Abstract is a Young Child's Knowledge of Syntax?

Hutson, Barbara A.

Journal of Genetic Psychology, 126, 1, 19-26, Mar 75

Tested the comprehension of 3- and 4-year-old children with probable and improbable sentences in active and passive voice in order to evaluate the importance of semantic support for comprehension of passive sentences. (Author/SDH)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Preschool Children, Psycholinguistics, Semantics, Syntax

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