groups. No significant differences were found for the provision of any type of
contrast over time.
► Furthermore, no significant differences were found for the provision of animal
contrasts by children’s prior knowledge of the lexical items. On the other hand,
children provided more cutlery contrasts for the unknown than the partially
represented words (because ladle was an unknown word) and more furniture contrasts
for the partially represented than the unknown words (because stool was a partially
represented word). Lastly, children provided more animal contrast for the words
describing animals than artifacts. On the other hand, they provided more cutlery and
furniture contrasts for the words describing artifacts than animals.