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The use of props in a syntactic awareness task

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posted on 2023-05-16, 07:39 authored by Blackmore, AM, Pratt, C, Dewsbury, A
The study investigated the effects of using props to illustrate the meaning of sentences in a syntactic awareness task in which subjects were required to correct ungrammatical sentences. Forty preschool children (aged 4; 11 to 5; 11) were asked to correct 20 sentences, IO of which were illustrated using props, and IO of which were not. Children scored significantly higher in the props condition though the proportion of meaning-changing errors to total errors was not significantly lower in this condition. It is argued that the use of props, by providing contextual support, reduces the processing capacity required to complete the task. © 1995, Cambridge University Press. All right reserved.

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Publication title

Journal of Child Language

Volume

22

Pagination

405-421

ISSN

0305-0009

Department/School

School of Psychological Sciences

Publisher

Cambridge Univ Press

Place of publication

Cambridge

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  • Restricted

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Expanding knowledge in human society

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