Acquisition of naïve and scientific conceptions: How linguistic context matters in Singaporean children’s understanding of “animal”
312 Singaporean children aged 4, 7, and 10 years from four different home language backgrounds–English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil–were tested for their recognition of animals and non-animals. The Malay-speaking group of children was the notable group that showed a different developmental pattern fr...
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Modestum LTD
2022
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