Does the children ^,s prior knowledge of the lexical items influence performance on the
contrast task ?

Figure 7.29 shows that the children provided the same number of contrasts for both the
partially represented and the unknown words. Statistical analysis revealed no significant
differences.

Figure 7.29 Total provision of contrasts by children’s prior knowledge of the lexical
items across testing

] Unknown words

∏ Partially represented words

Is the provision of contrasts influenced by the semantic domain of the lexical items?

Figure 7.30 shows that the provision of appropriate contrasts did not differ by the semantic
domain. No significant differences were found.

Figure 7.30 Total number of contrasts by semantic domain across testing

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