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Title: Time after Time: Factors Influencing Children's Comprehension of 'Before' and 'After'
Language: English
Authors: Laura Wagner (ORCID 0000-0001-8557-4844), Rachael Frush Holt (ORCID 0000-0002-6329-0995)
Source: Journal of Child Language. 2025 52(1):208-216.
Availability: Cambridge University Press. 100 Brook Hill Drive, West Nyack, NY 10994. Tel: 800-872-7423; Tel: 845-353-7500; Fax: 845-353-4141; e-mail: subscriptions_newyork@cambridge.org; Web site: https://www.cambridge.org/core/what-we-publish/journals
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 9
Publication Date: 2025
Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF), SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (SBE/SMA)
Contract Number: 1757020
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Children, Time, Comprehension, Language Processing, Word Order, Schemata (Cognition), Age Differences, Time Factors (Learning), Language Usage, Serial Ordering
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000923000612
ISSN: 0305-0009
1469-7602
Abstract: We investigated older children's (7-12 years) ability to comprehend "before" and "after" sentences. Results found that three factors that influence pre-school aged children's learning of these words continues to influence older children's comprehension. Specifically, children's accuracy is improved when the events can be naturally (vs. arbitrarily) ordered; when the clauses in the sentence iconically match (vs. mismatch) the order of the events in the world; and when sentences use "before" (vs. "after"). The first two factors are argued to directly facilitate the building of mental models while the last one does so indirectly because of patterns of input usage.
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Entry Date: 2025
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