Understanding the Semantic Functions of "but" in Middle Childhood: The Role of Text- and Sentence-Level Comprehension Abilities

Autor/inn/en	Florit, Elena; Cain, Kate; Levorato, Maria Chiara
Titel	Understanding the Semantic Functions of "but" in Middle Childhood: The Role of Text- and Sentence-Level Comprehension Abilities
Quelle	In: First Language, 37 (2017) 2, S.109-129 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-7237
DOI	10.1177/0142723716678383
Schlagwörter	Semantics; Language Usage; Native Language; Language Acquisition; Italian; Form Classes (Languages); Foreign Countries; Language Processing; Role; Reading Comprehension; Difficulty Level; Sentences; Story Grammar; Elementary School Students; Cloze Procedure; Reading Fluency; Graduate Students; Undergraduate Students; Statistical Analysis; Comparative Analysis; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Semantik; Sprachgebrauch; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Italienisch; Analytischer Sprachbau; Ausland; Sprachverarbeitung; Rollen; Leseverstehen; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Lückentext; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Statistische Analyse; Italien
Abstract	This study examined Italian 7- to 9-year-olds' understanding of the connective "but" when used to relate two events in sentences embedded in short stories. Performance was largely accounted for by the cognitive complexity of the sentence that included the connective and the salience of its meaning (confirmed in a second study with adults). Additional influences on children's performance were the category of the story in which the critical sentence was embedded and the child's text comprehension abilities. Further, by 9 years of age, performance resembled that of adults. These findings make an advance in explaining the role of information presented in a text at different levels and an individual's linguistic abilities in children's understanding of the connective but in stories and its development. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01