NVESTIGATING LEXICAL ACQUISITION PATTERNS: CONTEXT AND COGNITION



those light shoes, which are for wearing in warm weather. They have straps instead of a solid
part over the top of the foot. John wore them and went to the sea. He had really nice time.

Analogy condition

Story about the tangophon (saxophone)

Robert and his mother went to a party last Saturday. There were children playing music (was
left out in the main) and a child that was singing. The child with the orange shirt was playing
a
"tangophon". Robert really liked the music that was coming from it. He asked his mother
to tell him how you play it. His mother told him that we make sounds with the
“tangophon”
like we make sounds with the trumpet by pressing buttons and blowing. From that moment,
Robert knew how someone could produce such a nice music, and he spent the whole night
listening to that music.

Story about the tramacle (tricycle)

David and his mummy went to the country for the weekend. There they had the chance to
meet other children and play together. One of the younger children had a
"tramacle" that
was riding on. David really liked it, so he told his mummy if he could buy one for him. His
mother told him that this was not for her because he was quite old for it. She reminded him
that this
"tramacle" is for the young children like the bicycle is for older children like him.
So, David understood that this wasn't for him, and he could ask something else from his
mummy next time.

Story about the feber (teepee)

Kevin and his mother went to Disneyland during holidays. In one of the comers of the
Disneyland there was a
"feber". There they saw that most of the children liked this, and so
they spent much of their time there. Kevin didn't know what this was, so he asked his
mummy to tell him about it. His mummy told him that the
"feber" was for the Indians like
the house is for them. Kevin then understood why all the children had spent most of their
time there. It was something that they had never seen before.

Story about the sockets (sandals)

Last summer John and his family went to a very warm country for holidays. His mother told
him that all the people there, were wearing
“sackets”. John didn’t understand what these
were, so his mother told him that those people wear
“sackets” like we wear boots. John

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