However, it is also possible that pretense has no advantage over information conveyed with non-generic language in conveying general information. Previous studies have compared children’s interpretation of statements with non-generic noun phrases with other kinds of noun phrases , but no past work has directly compared them with children’s interpretation of pretend-play enactments. Therefore, it is possible that pretense and non-generic language might both be interpreted as referring to individuals without being informative about kinds. In addition, although previous studies do suggest that children acquire general knowledge from pretend play these studies have typically used different measures from studies examining children’s interpretation of non-generic language. One goal of the current research was to test this possibility by directly comparing children’s interpretation of pretend-play enactments with their interpretation of non-generic language.