Syntactic and semantic factors in the acquisition of before and after
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20366279 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pamela L Coker (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 261-277 |
| Publication date | 1978-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Child Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-0009 • E-ISSN: 1469-7602 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0305000900007467 |
| OpenAlex | W2166652523 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 14 |
Sixty kindergartners and sixty first graders were given three tasks to test their comprehension of the terms before and after . The results show that when temporal terms are acquired, they are first used as prepositions and then as subordinating conjunctions. When the child does not know the meaning of a temporal term, he frequently interprets it as meaning the next-event-in-time. There are two strategies (main-clause-first and order-of-mention) that the child may adopt when interpreting temporal terms used as subordinating conjunctions. The use of these strategies appears to be independent of the child's knowledge of the meanings of the terms. Contrary to previous research, it was found that before does not seem to be learned before after nor does there appear to be any stage where after is treated to mean before
Cognitive psychology · Comprehension · Developmental psychology · Language acquisition · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Syntax · Computer Science · Educational Strategies and Epistemologies · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
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| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 1980 - 2025 (46) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |