Immediacy and certainty
Factors in understanding future reference
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20368474 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lorraine Harner (Brooklyn College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 115-124 |
| Publication date | 1982-02-01 |
| 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/s0305000900003652 |
| PMID | 7061623 |
| OpenAlex | W2169934546 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 10 |
Seventy-five children, 3, 4, and 5 years old, were interviewed about: ( a ) toys they had played with just a few minutes earlier, ( b ) toys they had played with on the preceding day, ( c ) toys they would play with in a few minutes, and ( d ) toys reserved for use on the following day. Verb forms indicating past and future time were used as well as the adverbials before and after . The past verb form was understood equally well in reference to the immediate past and the more remote past. However, the future verb form was better understood in reference to the immediate future than in reference to the remote future (the following day). The difference is discussed in terms of the intersection of time and mood in future verb forms. Immediacy of action and certainty of occurrence are suggested as early meaning components of future verb forms
Certainty · Cognitive psychology · Epistemology · Immediacy · Linguistics · Mood · Verb · Child and Animal Learning Development · Language Development and Disorders · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.15 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1986 - 2010 (25) |
| Highly cited | No |