Comprehension of two-word instructions by children in the one-word stage
1978; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 5; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s0305000900001902
ISSN1469-7602
AutoresJacqueline Sachs, Lynn Truswell,
Tópico(s)Child and Animal Learning Development
ResumoABSTRACT Twelve one-word-stage children (aged 1; 4 to 2; 0) were given minimally contrasting two-word instructions, e.g. kiss duck , kiss car , bang duck and bang car . Since non-linguistic cues were eliminated, comprehension involved making non-syntactic inferences from the word combinations. The children could respond correctly to some of the instructions, and even carried out some unfamiliar activities such as tickle book . Observations of mother–child interactions revealed play routines that may help the child learn to understand more than one word at a time.
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