NVESTIGATING LEXICAL ACQUISITION PATTERNS: CONTEXT AND COGNITION



near the sea. Because of the warm weather they were wearing T-shirts, shorts, and “sackets”.
Sometime, after a couple of days, Lora found that the tops of her feet had not got brown in
the sun, like the rest of her body. The tops of her feet had white lines across them that looked
like straps. Her mother told her that this was happening because she was wearing
“sackets”.
Lora still remembers her holidays in that island.

Definition condition

Story about the tangophon (saxophone)

Last Sunday, George and his daddy went to a concert. They enjoyed the music they listened
to. However, George didn't know one of the musical instruments, the
"tangophon" and
asked his daddy to tell him about it. So his daddy told him that the
"tangophon" is a musical
instrument made of metal, that you play by blowing and pressing keys. George stayed the rest
of the day listening to the music. He had a really nice time.

Story about the tramacle (tricycle)

One sunny morning, Bill with his daddy went for shopping. While they were walking across
the streets, they saw a shop with different kinds of bicycles. They went in and the shopkeeper
showed them different kinds of bicycles. Bill didn't know what the
“tramacle" was, so he
asked the shopkeeper to tell about it. The shopkeeper told him that the
"tramacle" has two
wheels at the back instead of one. Bill thanked the shopkeeper for the information she gave
him and continued shopping with his daddy.

Story about the feber (teepee)

One rainy afternoon, the teacher brought to the children a book with nice pictures in it. It
was a book about different kinds of houses (this sentence was left out in the main study). The
children were looking at the book and in one of the pages they saw what the teacher called
a
"feber". The children didn't know what this was and they asked the teacher to tell them
about it. So the teacher said that the
"feber" is a tent made by North American Indians from
animal skin.

Story about the sackets (sandals)

One day John and his mother decided to go to the sea. His mother told him to wear his
“sackets”. John didn’t know which these were. His mother told him that the “sackets” were

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