Does the children ^,s prior knowledge of the lexical items influence the provision offunctional
properties ?

• No significant differences were found by the children’s prior knowledge of the lexical
items.

Is the provision of functional properties influenced by the semantic domain of the lexical
items?

• The children provided significantly more “functional” properties for the words
describing animals than for the words describing artifacts across testing.

• Separate analysis for each group revealed the same pattern. However, significant
differences were found for the Lexical contrast group during post test 3 and the
Definition group during post test 2 and post test 3.

Contextual properties'.

Is there a differential impact of the type of exposure to new lexical items that the children
receive on the provision of contextual properties?

• During post test 3 the Lexical contrast group provided significantly more
“contextual” properties than the Phonological control group. Also, the Definition
group provided more “contextual” properties than the Lexical contrast group.

Does children ^,s provision of contextual properties increase with increased exposure to the
lexical items ?

• No significant differences were found over time.

Does the children ^,s prior knowledge of the lexical items influence the provision of contextual
properties ?

• No significant differences were found by the children’s prior knowledge of the lexical
items.

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