NVESTIGATING LEXICAL ACQUISITION PATTERNS: CONTEXT AND COGNITION



Appendix 5.15

Distribution of children’s responses in the inference task by age for both post tests

___________4 year olds_____

________________________________5 year olds_______________

_______________6 year olds_______________________

Immediate

________Delayed_____ ___

_______Immediate_____

Delayed

Immediate

Delayed_____________

%

n

_____%

n__________

____%

n_______

%

n______

%

n_______

%

n_____________

Dk

24.2

31

21.9

^^28

19.5

25

10.9

14

14.8

"^19

11.7

15

Irre

8.6

11

7.8

10

5.5

7

7

9

1

1

2.3

3

Act

44.5

57

45.3

58

46

59

42.2

54

39

50

37.5

48

Fu

22.6

29

25

32

28.9

37

39.8

51

45.3

58

48.4

62

N

128

128       ~

128

128

128

128

Abbreviations: Dk=Don,t know; Irre=Irrelevant; Act=Action on the object; Fu=Functional properties

Appendix 5.16

Distribution of children’s responses in the inference task by linguistic condition for both post tests

________Inference_________

______________Analogy

______________Contrast

___________Definition____________________________

Immediate

Delayed

Immediate

________Delayed

Immediate_____

Delayed

Immediate

Delayed_____________

%

n

%

n

%

n

_____%

n

%

n________

%

n

%

n

%

n_____________

Dk

7.3

7

6.2

6

30.2

~29

14.6

14

16.6

"^16

19.8

19

23.9

~23

18.7

18

Irre

4.2

4

7.3

7

2

2

5.2

5

5.2

5

5.2

5

8.4

8

5.2

5

Act

62.5

60

47.9

46

35.4

34

36.4

35

38.5

37

43.7

42

36.4

35

38.5

37

Fu

26

25

38.5

37

32.3

31

43.7

42

39.6

38

31.2

30

31.2

30

37.5

36

N

96

96

96

96

96          '

96

96

96

Abbreviations: Dk=Don,t know; Irre=Irrelevant; Act=Action on the object; Fu=Functional properties

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