NVESTIGATING LEXICAL ACQUISITION PATTERNS: CONTEXT AND COGNITION



someone calling him. “Hello Tommy” said the mole. “It’s me ! Don’t you remember me”?
“Don’t be afraid of all that fuss. “It’s me the
mole” the country mammal. “ I was just digging
tunnels under the ground because I like it”. Tommy then recognised him. “Oh yes” he said,
“It’s you the
mole, that you can dig anywhere you want because you have your front feet
like spades”. “Well-done!” said the mole. Then he went and sat next to Tommy and enjoyed
the sun with him.

Ladle

Title: “One day with the ladle in the kitchen”

Mary and George decided to cook a special soup for their parents. One hour later the soup
was ready . They invited their parents to sit on the table. Everybody was waiting to taste that
excellent soup. Mary took a spoon to put the soup in the bowls. But the spoon was too small
and it was taking her a lot of time. “Why don’t you use the
ladle?” said George. George took
the
ladle and said to Mary: Look Mary, the ladle is a kitchen tool especially designed for
putting soup in the bowls, because it is a large round spoon, with a long handle. Mary used
the ladle for putting soup in the bowls. Everybody enjoyed the nice soup.

Stool

Title: “One day with the stool in the kitchen”

Mum was cooking all the day because she wanted to make a surprise party for her son. At the
end she got very tired. “I am going to sit down on that
stool and have some rest” she said. She
sat down in the
stool, a kitchen furniture, that it was next to the cupboard in the kitchen.
However, after a while, she felt that she could not rest properly because the
stool didn’t have
any back for her back. So, she decided to go in the living room and sit in the big armchair
they had. This was much more relaxing because she had a soft back for her back. When the
children came back from the school, the found her asleep.

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