Does children ^,s provision of descriptive properties improve 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 descriptive
properties ?

• The provision of "descriptive'' properties did not differ by the children’s prior
knowledge of the lexical items.

To what extent does the provision of descriptive properties differ by semantic domain ?

• No significant differences as a function of the semantic domain were found.

“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 ?

• No significant differences were found for post tests 1 and 2. Significant differences
were found for post test 3. During post test 3, the Definition group provided
significantly more "contextual'' properties than the Control and Phonological control
groups.

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

• Children provided significantly more “contextual” properties in post test 3 than post
test 1. The Definition group provided significantly more “contextual” properties
during post test 3 than post test 1.

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

• There was a trend for the children to provide more “contextual” properties for the
partially represented words than the unknown words.

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