NVESTIGATING LEXICAL ACQUISITION PATTERNS: CONTEXT AND COGNITION



exposures to the distribution of responses was also assessed. The results are presented
Appendix 7.5. The same pattern is evident for each group across testing.

Table 7.8 Children’s responses in the naming task across testing

Post t

est 1

Post test 2

Post t

est 3

%

n______

%

n______

%

n_____

Don’t know

27.9

87

16.3

51

14.4

75

Irrelevant responses

0.3

1

0.3

1

0.4

2

Innovative word

1.6

5

0.3

1

1.0

5

Phonological error

7.05

22

8

25

5.1

27

Functional properties

0.3

1

-

-

0.8

4

Perceptual properties

0.6

2

0.3

1

-

-

Basic level word

16.3

51

16

50

20.2

105

Superordinate level word

-

-

3.5

11

3.1

16

Subordinate level word

0.3

1

0.3

1

0.8

4

Target word____________

45.5

142

54,8

171

54.2

282

N of responses___________

312

312

520

Key findings from the naming task

Is there a differential impact of the type of exposure to new lexical items that the children
receive on their performance on the Naming task?

• No group differences were found during post test 1. During post tests 2 and 3, the
Definition group performed significantly better than the Ostensive definition group.
During post test 3 also, the Definition group performed significantly better than the
Control and Phonological control groups. The Lexical contrast and Ostensive
definition groups performed significantly better than the Control and Phonological
control groups.

Does children ,s performance on the naming task improve with increased exposure to the
lexical items ?

• The children performed better over time. The pattern was the same for each group.

Does the children ,s prior knowledge of the lexical items influence their performance on the
naming task?

• All the children (across testing) performed better on the naming task if they already
possessed a partial representation of the target words. The same was found for the

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