An Introduction to The National Language Research Institute:
A Sketch of its Achievements
Third Edition(1988)/
HTML Version(1997)
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II.4.20 Conceptual Development and Language in Children
(Report 72, 1982. 341 pages)
This book reports on a survey of the development of semantic
comprehension of categorical terms and dimensional terms in
school children with the goal of learning more about the
connection between language acquisition and conceptual
development. Results are given for investigations of the
following seven tasks.
1. Oddity Problem Task- We had children choose cards which
belonged to the same category from a set of three picture cards.
2. Free Classification Test- We had children freely classify
33 picture cards freely into categories of their choice.
3. Comprehension Test of Categorical Terms- We had children
choose cards for specific categories.
4. Classification Test by Number Appointed Method- We had
children classify cards into a specified number of
categories.
5. Word Definition Test- We had children define the meaning of
categorical terms.
6. Conceptual Card-Sorting Test- We looked at the effect of
learning experience on conceptualization.
7. Numeral Classifier Test- We investigated children's
semantic comprehension of numeral classifiers.
8. Questionnaire on Class Inclusion- We asked children to
identify the category which specific words belonged to.
This survey is particularly noteworthy for examining the
correlation among the results of a variety of tests
conducted on the same surveyees.
This survey was directed by HAYASI Oki, MURAISI Syo~zo~,
OKUBO Ai, IWATA Zyun'iti, SIMAMURA Naomi, SAITO Hidenori,
MURAKI Sinziro~, SATAKE Hideo, TAKIZAWA Takehisa, and SATO
Yasumasa. The report was written by MURAISI Syo~zo~ and
IWATA Zyun'iti.
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