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Peer reviewedChilders, Jane B.; Tomasello, Michael – Developmental Psychology, 2001
Two studies investigated linguistic representations underlying English-speaking 2.5-year-olds' production of transitive utterances. Findings indicated that children trained with pronouns and nouns could produce a transitive utterance creatively with a novel verb. Results suggest that English-speaking children build many of their early linguistic…
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Acquisition, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Peer reviewedOlguin, Raquel; Tomasello, Michael – Cognitive Development, 1993
A study of two year olds investigated the nature and development of children's early productivity with verb-argument structure and verb morphology. Results indicated that the children showed no signs of productive verb morphology, but they did use newly learned verbs in some creative ways involving nounlike uses and the appending of locatives.…
Descriptors: Child Language, Early Childhood Education, Language Acquisition, Language Usage
