TY - JOUR
T1 - The extended development of mapping spatial demonstratives onto space
AU - González-Peña, Patricia
AU - Coventry, Kenny R.
AU - Bayliss, Andrew P.
AU - Doherty, Martin J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by EU H2020 ITN Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Action grant agreement no. 676063 (DCOMM) awarded to Kenny Coventry and colleagues. We thank the schools that cooperated with this project, the research assistants who worked in data collection (in particular Lauren Taylor and Chris Ball for their feedback during the pilot stage), and Harmen Gudde for his helpful advice throughout.
Funding Information:
This research was supported by EU H2020 ITN Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action grant agreement no. 676063 (DCOMM) awarded to Kenny Coventry and colleagues. We thank the schools that cooperated with this project, the research assistants who worked in data collection (in particular Lauren Taylor and Chris Ball for their feedback during the pilot stage), and Harmen Gudde for his helpful advice throughout.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - Spatial demonstratives (this and that in English) convey distance relative to speaker (within reach vs. out of reach) and object characteristics such as ownership. Previous studies indicate that object characteristics affect adult demonstrative choice, for example, greater use of this for owned objects. Here, production of spatial demonstratives was studied developmentally to identify when demonstrative production is sensitive to both distance and ownership. In two experiments, 7-year-olds, 11-year-olds, and adults completed an object location memory task, and a language task eliciting this or that to indicate an object. Results indicate that adult-like demonstrative production starts around 7 years of age and continues to develop beyond 11 years. Nonlinguistic spatial memory did not vary significantly across age groups. Spatial demonstratives encode both semantic and spatial object characteristics throughout development, revealing the fundamental importance of semantic factors for demonstrative production.
AB - Spatial demonstratives (this and that in English) convey distance relative to speaker (within reach vs. out of reach) and object characteristics such as ownership. Previous studies indicate that object characteristics affect adult demonstrative choice, for example, greater use of this for owned objects. Here, production of spatial demonstratives was studied developmentally to identify when demonstrative production is sensitive to both distance and ownership. In two experiments, 7-year-olds, 11-year-olds, and adults completed an object location memory task, and a language task eliciting this or that to indicate an object. Results indicate that adult-like demonstrative production starts around 7 years of age and continues to develop beyond 11 years. Nonlinguistic spatial memory did not vary significantly across age groups. Spatial demonstratives encode both semantic and spatial object characteristics throughout development, revealing the fundamental importance of semantic factors for demonstrative production.
KW - Language development
KW - Object knowledge
KW - Ownership
KW - Spatial demonstratives
KW - Spatial memory
KW - Spatial representation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jecp.2021.105336
DO - 10.1016/j.jecp.2021.105336
M3 - Article
VL - 215
JO - Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
JF - Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
SN - 0022-0965
M1 - 105336
ER -