o:1855 Usvajanje prideva prostornih odnosa kod dece predškolskog i školskog uzrasta Аcquisition of spatial adjectives in preschool and school-age children : doctoral dissertation sr The subject of this doctoral dissertation is the acquisition of spatialadjectives in the domain of physical space and abstract domain, aswell as the acquisition of meaning of adjective antonym pairs inchildren of various ages. As children are older, and thereforelinguistically and cognitively more developed, it could be expectedthe increase in a number of the total number of various adjectives thatchild uses. The acquisition of linguistic expressions for spatial codingis conditioned by the development of general cognitive abilities. Theprocess of acquisition of abstract meaning of dimensional adjectivesand meaning of opposites of these adjectives, as well as the speed atwhich these meanings are acquired, is presented through variousdevelopment stages. We rely on Piaget's theory of cognitivedevelopment of language abilities which is based on empiricallyestablished facts. The applied method is the method of verbalassociations by using the test of controlled and free word associations.The research was conducted on the child population of six and eightyears of age. The results show that in the younger age most meaningswere related to concrete physical space whereas in older ages abstractmeanings were more often presented. Paradigmatic answers arepresent in larger numbers in an older age compared to a younger agewhich indicates a higher level of their language development.Children of an older age acquired more antonyms of spatial adjectivesin relation to the children of a younger age. Better test results in alltests were achieved by children from the urban environment incomparison to children from rural environments. There is nodifference between boys and girls when it comes to the adoption andunderstanding of the meaning of spatial adjectives. Bibliografija: str. 264-275. Datum odbrane: 26.10.2022. Serbian Language,Lexicology, cognitive linguistics, developmental psycholinguistics 91552100 78700297 91552101 8580 2023-02-27T13:55:41.053Z 45 no 46 Marija S., 1988- Milosavljević 15071591 2022 63 mentor Mirjana K., 1968- Ilić 14868583 2022 63 predsednik komisije Marina Janjić 2022 63 član komisije Dragana Ratković 2022 279 str. 3232413 http://phaidrani.ni.ac.rs/o:1855 no yes 12 2023-02-27T13:55:41.320Z 70 Prostor, pridevi, usvajanje jezika, verbalne asocijacije,prostorno i apstraktno značenje, paradigmatski i sintagmatskiodnosi, antonimi, kognitivni razvoj, stadijumi razvoja Space, adjectives, language acquisition, verbal associations, spatialand abstract meaning, paradigmatic and syntagmatic relations,antonyms, cognitive development, development stages 811.163.41'367.623-057.874(043.3) H004 PhilologyH353 Lexicology 1738 18A13 18A1306 2022