The acquisition of spatial prepositions in Russian
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2015/06/0005/000242Keywords:
Language acquisition, Spatial prepositionsAbstract
In this work the acquisition of prepositions v ‘in’, na ‘on’, u ‘near’, pod ‘under’, nad ‘above’ and za ‘behind’ was tested. Children between ages 3:0.6 and 7:1.9 were asked to describe everyday situations based on pictures (e.g. sobaka v budke ‘the dog in the kennel’). The results show that the prepositions v ‘in’ and pod ‘under’ are acquired first, followed by the preposition na ‘on’. Then the prepositions nad ‘above’ and za ‘behind’ are acquired.
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