Correlates of Order of Acquisition of Motion Verbs
- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 64 (1) , 311-318
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1987.64.1.311
Abstract
In a study of children's production and comprehension of a set of motion verbs, estimated order of acquisition of the words was predicted by measures of order of acquisition of the actions denoted, frequency of occurrence of the words and frequency of occurrence of the actions, but not by a measure of semantic complexity. Exposure to the words and actions appears to be more influential in acquisition of motion verbs than the semantic structures of the words.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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