acquiring "or question"

[parisa Daftarifard]

Dear Natalia and Katherine,

Thank you so much for your information. I hope to find more review . It is
interesting point that not younger than 4 can understand or question.

Best,
Parisa

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 5:21 PM, Nelson, Katherine <KNelson at gc.cuny.edu>wrote:

>  Parisa,
> There is a now dated review of studies of "or" comprehension and production
> in the following:
>
> French, L. A. and K. Nelson (1985). *Young children's understanding of
> relational terms: Some ifs, ors and buts*. New York, Springer-Verlag.
>
> The conclusion there is that the disjunctive "or" is understood and used by
> children of 4 and 5 years but not younger, and that prior to this age it may
> be used as a conjunctive equivalent to "and".  Thus most 2 year olds would
> not be expected to consistently reply to "or" questions appropriately.
>
>
>
> This source also noted that many studies of the comprehension of "or"
> indicated that this was not achieved until a much later age, but the
> argument in French and Nelson was that these studies conflated the natural
> language use of "or" with the formal logic understanding of the term.
>
>
>
> I have not kept up with this line of research so cannot provide any more
> recent sources.
>
>
>
> Katherine
>
>
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> *From:* info-childes at googlegroups.com [info-childes at googlegroups.com] On
> Behalf Of parisa Daftarifard [pdaftaryfard at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Sunday, May 15, 2011 11:29 PM
>
> *To:* info-childes at googlegroups.com
> *Subject:* acquiring "or question"
>
>    Dear List members,
>
> "Or question" seem to be a difficult part of learning first language. When
> you ask a kid of two years old whose language is not developed completely
> yet an alternative question, he or she may repeat the question, choose the
> first option or choose the second option.
>
>
> Is there any review of the literature you may refer us to on the specific
> topic.
>
> I appreciate your help in advance.
> Best,
> Parisa Daftarifard
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> Islamic Azad University of Science and Research
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