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1 - Details of procedures for elicited production experiments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 September 2009

Morag L. Donaldson
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Experiment 1: Ker Plunk (physical)

The apparatus is presented without any sticks inserted, but with a bundle of sticks lying beside it.

E: Have you ever played with this toy before?… Watch what happens.

Some marbles are dropped through the hole at the top of the tube.

E: What happened?… The marbles fell down and made a loud noise, didn't they? I don't want the marbles to fall down and make a loud noise… I wonder how I could stop them falling. …Maybe I could put these sticks in here.

The experimenter inserts the sticks (and invites the child to help).

E: What do you think will happen now?… What do you think will happen when I put the marbles in?

The experimenter drops in some marbles. (They should stay on the sticks!)

E: What happened?… Oh! I've changed my mind now. I want the marbles to fall down and make a loud noise again. …How could I make the marbles fall?… Maybe I could pull out some sticks. …What do you think will happen when I pull out some sticks?…

The experimenter pulls out some sticks which are not supporting any marbles.

E: What happened?… I wonder why. …Do you know why?…

The experimenter pulls out some sticks which are supporting some marbles.

E: What happened?… I wonder why. …Do you know why?… Now, let's see who's here.

The experimenter brings out a large toy panda from behind a screen.

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Children's Explanations
A Psycholinguistic Study
 , pp. 155 - 157
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 1986

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