Furniture contrasts

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

• No significant differences were found during post test 1. During post test 2, the
Lexical contrast group provided significantly more furniture contrasts than the
Control the Phonological control and the Ostensive definition groups. The Definition
group provided also more furniture contrasts than the Ostensive definition group
(Diagram 7.9).

Does children ^,s provision of furniture 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 offurniture
contrasts?

• The children provided significantly more furniture contrasts for the partially
represented words than the unknown words. The same pattern was found for each
group.

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

• The children provided more furniture contrasts for the words describing artifacts than
the words describing animals.

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