Does the children ^,s prior knowledge of the lexical items influence the provision of animal
contrasts?

• No significant differences were found.

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

• Children provided significantly more animal contrasts for the words describing
animals than the words describing artifacts. The same pattern was found for each
group.

Cutlery contrasts

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

• The Definition group provided significantly more cutlery contrasts than the Ostensive
definition group during post test 2. In post test 3 the Lexical contrast group provided
more cutlery contrasts than the Control and the Phonological control groups
(Diagram 7.9).

Does children ^,s provision of cutlery contrasts 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 cutlery
contrasts?

• The children provided significantly more cutlery relations for the unknown than the
partially represented words. The same was found for each group.

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

• The children provided significantly more cutlery contrasts for the words describing
artifacts than the words describing animals. The same pattern was evident for each
group.

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