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ERIC Number: EJ183582
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Syntactic and Semantic Factors in the Acquisition of Before and After
Coker, Pamela L.
Journal of Child Language, 5, 2, 261-77, Jun 78
In testing kindergartners and first graders in their comprehension of the words "before" and "after," it was found that when temporal terms are acquired, they are first used as prepositions and then as subordinating conjunctions. (Author/NCR)
Descriptors: Child Language, Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Language Skills, Learning Processes, Psycholinguistics, Semantics, Syntax, Verbal Development, Vocabulary Development
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