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Learning colour words (word order for colour adjectives: pre-nominal…
Learning colour words
word order for colour adjectives: pre-nominal position
Example
Word "chair"
has features (arms, legs, backs)
range of shapes, sizes, ages
set of cues
easier to learn the concept associated with the word
colour words
unique
no specific co-occurring features
not systematic
hard to learn
Research
pre-test
post-test (identical to 1)
training
Results
Children had some knowledge of the words
Most consistent performance - trained and tested on post-nominal adj.
significant accuracy shown
Worst:
trained on pre-nominal
tested on post-nominal
pre- and post-test scores comparison:
when in both cases - pre-nominal -- a significant decline in performance
children struggle with colour concepts
haphazard and interchangeable mapping of objects to individual colours
Hypothesis
Why:
1 and 3 - sex novel objects
red, yellow, and blue
2 - sets of familiar objects
Statement