| dc.description.abstract | This exploratory study investigated the relationship between cognitive flexibility and
flexibility in language, in children aged five to seven. This was done in hope to shed light on
the debate on whether language is embedded in, or separate from the rest of cognition. The
influence of gender and age on this potential relationship was also assessed. Four different
tasks were administered to 117 children between five and seven years old. These tasks were
used to measure cognitive flexibility, inflectional morphology, inflectional morphological
flexibility, and IQ. Results show no significant relationship between cognitive flexibility and
inflectional morphological flexibility. Furthermore, the effects of gender and age on this
relationship were both insignificant. Results do show a significant correlation between
cognitive flexibility and gender, and between inflectional morphology flexibility and age.
This study has some limitations concerning the validity, reliability, and generalizability of the
results. Therefore, the conclusions drawn in this study should be taken with caution. For a
better understanding of the relationship between cognitive flexibility and flexibility in
language, further research is needed and therefore recommended. | |
