Children’s Tolerance of Word-Form Variation

Table 6

Mean percentages of selections of the same animal as on the introductory page, as a function of trial type (dissimilar versus similar word) and condition (prefix versus suffix) in Experiment 2. 𝑁=32 in each group (standard deviations in parentheses).

		Prefix	Suffix
		(e.g., kostug)	(e.g., stugko)
Dissimilar word trials (manse on introductory page)	Children	10.9 (27.6)	12.5 (28.4)
	Adults	6.2 (16.8)	6.2 (21.1)
Similar word trials (stug on introductory page)	Children	60.9 (41.6)	71.9 (38.0)
	Adults	73.4 (40.1)	81.2 (35.4)