{"product_id":"the-use-of-definite-and-michael-p-maratsos-9780521113281","title":"The Use of Definite and Indefinite Reference in Young Children: An Experimental Study of Semantic Acquisition","description":"The book presents a series of studies that probe young children's knowledge of a relatively well-defined, abstract semantic realm, that of definite and indefinite reference. Topics investigated include children's knowledge of the difference between referring to particular objects (e.g. I have a dog, which refers to a particular dog) and no particular objects at all (e.g. I don't have a dog, which makes reference to no particular dog) and their knowledge of how to account for the knowledge of their listeners in situations, e.g. in which they have in mind a particular reference but their listen does not. Because overlapping problems are investigated by a wide variety of methods, it is possible to verify more certainly the true level of children's performance. At the same time, the investigation by many methods illustrates how methodological problems may systematically affect and at times even distort our picture of development if not carefully allowed for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael P. Maratsos,Maratsos Michael M.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0521113288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521113281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.37d","brand":"Michael P. Maratsos","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440972443903,"sku":"9780521113281","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8b4e494a-3938-4cd7-a68b-162920109d5b.jpg?v=1777187898","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-use-of-definite-and-michael-p-maratsos-9780521113281","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}