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Contextual information and temporal terms.

P Gorrell, S Crain, J D Fodor

    Journal of Child Language
    |October 1, 1989
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    Contextual information significantly improves children's understanding of temporal terms, but only when it satisfies presuppositions. This finding clarifies the role of context in language comprehension for children.

    Area of Science:

    • Cognitive Psychology
    • Developmental Psychology
    • Linguistics

    Background:

    • Previous research suggested contextual information aids comprehension tasks.
    • The exact mechanism, whether presupposition satisfaction or task simplification, remained unclear.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To differentiate the effects of presupposition satisfaction versus general task simplification from contextual information on children's comprehension of temporal terms.

    Main Methods:

    • A comprehension experiment was designed using sentences with temporal terms.
    • Contextual information was manipulated by embedding it in either the subordinate or main clause.
    • Children's performance was measured based on sentence comprehension accuracy.

    Main Results:

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    • Contextual information led to significant performance improvement exclusively when it satisfied presuppositions.
    • Contextual information in the main clause, serving to simplify task demands, did not yield significant improvements.

    Conclusions:

    • The beneficial effect of contextual information on children's comprehension of temporal terms is contingent upon its ability to satisfy presuppositions.
    • This highlights the importance of presupposition satisfaction in language acquisition and comprehension.