The development of noun. Definition  

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ARNOLD, MARJORIE ; Wehren, Aileen ; Lisi, Richard de

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Child Language (ada di PROQUEST) vol. 8 no. 1 (Feb. 1981), page 165-176.

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/JCL/8 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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This study investigated the development of noun definition by grade school children and adults (N = 100). Subjects were asked to define IS common nouns in one of two conditions: with objects present or without objects present. Definitions were classified on the basis of perceptual attributes (CONCRETE), everyday usage (FUNCTIONAL) or a combination of these (COMBINATORIAL). Results were analysed with a S (Grade) x 2 (Condition x 3 (Category) Analysis of Variance which indicated no effects for condition, but a Grade x Category interaction. With increasing age, there was a shift from FUNCTIONAL to COMBINATORIAL definitions; CONCRETE definitions were infrequent for all grades. In addition, age changes were found in the forms of the definitions subjects produced. In contrast to the children, adults formulated definitions in a more complex Aristotelian form. It was concluded that noun definition is a metalinguistic ability which follows a course of development similar to that for the acquisition of word meaning.

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