NVESTIGATING LEXICAL ACQUISITION PATTERNS: CONTEXT AND COGNITION



really liked them and asked his mummy to buy a pair for him.

Lexical contrast condition

Story about the tangophon (saxophone)

In the school children had a group of musicians where each of them played different kind of
musical instrument. Most of the children liked listening to the
piano and to the guitar. But
today a new child came in the group who was playing neither piano, nor a guitar. He was
playing a
"tangophon".This was making sound in a different way. It was also, a kind of
sound that they never heard before. So, all the children stop listening to the piano and to the
guitar and they concentrated on the
"tangophon".

Story about the tramacle (tricycle)

One sunny day children went outside to play in the playground. They were having great fun,
and they were very well-behaved" so the teacher decided to give them a surprise. She told
them that she was going to bring something for them. Some minutes later she brought them
a
car, a bicycle, and a “tramacle". The teacher told them that the young children were to
ride only the
"tramacle" not the car or the bicycle. So the young children followed what
the teacher said and they had great fun for the whole day.

Story about the feber (teepee)

Yesterday Mary and her friends went to a party. There they played with many different
things. They played with a
doll's house, a caravan and a "feber". They had great fun.
However, after a while one mother came, saying that the children standing behind the
"feber", not the doll's house, or the caravan had to come out of the room. She said so,
because there was not enough space for all of them. So the children did what the mother
said, and they continued to have fun.

Story about the sockets (sandals)

One day Mary and her friends decided to go to the sea. Her mummy told her to wear her
“sackets” not the boots or the ballet shoes. Mary listened to her mummy. She wore the
“sackets” not the boots or the ballet shoes and went to the sea. They had a great time
together.

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