Dimensional Adjectives: Factors Affecting Children's Ability to Compare Objects Using Novel Words

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-49

  Ryalls, Brigette Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjectives; Categorization; Comparative judgment; Dimensions; Word learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0034181860     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1999.2537     Document Type: Article

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