| Sumario: | GULLO, DOMINIC F Social Class Differences in Preschool Children's Comprehension of Wh-Questions CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1981, 52, 736-740 Social class differences in language use were examined in this study as they affect children's comprehension of wh-questions 60 middle-class and 60 lower-class children between the ages of 3-6 and 5-2 were asked to respond to 6 types of wh-questions The study controlled syntax and vocabulary while varying the wh-words Social class significantly affected the overall frequency of correct responses within each age group of children tested Significantly more questions were answered correctly by those children in the middle-class sample It was also found that word type was a salient factor in predicting social class differences in frequency of correct response Where the relationship between the wh-word and its referent was abstract, social class differences were great, where the relationships were concrete, social class differences were negligible or nonexistent.
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