کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
916717 918882 2009 12 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Vacuuming with my mouth?: Children's ability to comprehend novel extensions of familiar verbs
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی روانشناسی روانشناسی رشد و آموزشی
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Vacuuming with my mouth?: Children's ability to comprehend novel extensions of familiar verbs
چکیده انگلیسی

Can 6- and 8-year-olds (and adults) comprehend common instrument verbs when extended to novel situations? Participants heard eight unusual extensions of common verbs and were asked to paraphrase the verbs’ meanings. Half of the verbs used were specified instrument verbs that include the name of the instrument used to perform the action (e.g., a vacuum is used to vacuum); the other half were open instrument verbs (e.g., write) whose function can be performed with a range of objects. Results suggest that children's ability to interpret verb extensions increases with age, that open instrument verb extensions were more difficult to comprehend than specified instrument verb extensions and that performance on verb extension correlates with scores on a standardized test of language acquisition. Verb knowledge continues to develop well beyond the preschool years.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Cognitive Development - Volume 24, Issue 2, April–June 2009, Pages 113–124
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