Adjectives are essential for describing and differentiating concepts. However, they have a
protracted development relative to other word classes. Here we measure three-and four …

This work aims at modeling how the meaning of gradable adjectives of size (big',small') can
be learned from visually-grounded contexts. Inspired by cognitive and linguistic evidence …

This paper is a longitudinal investigation of adjective use by children aged 1; 8− 2; 8,
speaking Dutch, German, French, Hebrew, and Turkish, and by their caregivers. Each …

This paper investigates whether three-year-olds are able to process attributive adjectives
(eg, softpillow) as they hear them and to predict the noun (pillow) on the basis of the …

Abstract English nominal premodifications such as adjective word order have piqued the
interest of researchers in recent years due to their learning difficulty for all language learners …

Research on the acquisition of relevance implicatures usually shows that it is not until age
six that children learn to draw relevance inferences. However, Schulze et al.(in press) …

Combining adjective meaning with the modified noun is particularly challenging for children
under three years. Previous research suggests that in processing noun-adjective phrases …

Mastering the semantics of gradable adjectives is a complex acquisition task, since their
interpretation requires the calculation of a threshold relative to a comparison class. Context …

Antonymy is a lexical-semantic relation of opposition which plays a central role in the
organization of the mental lexicon and discourse (Cruse 1988; Dees 1962; 1964; Jones …

Language and communication development for young children consist of four components,
which are vocabulary, syntax, semantic, and communication. The purpose of this study is to …