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Nick Riches – Journal of Child Language, 2025
Children's early grammatical constructions, e.g., SVO, exhibit a learning curve with cumulative verb types (CVT) increasing exponentially. According to Ninio (2006), the fact that learning curves, though nonlinear, can be modelled by a continuous regression suggests instant generalisation. Moreover, differences in initial verbs across children…
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Acquisition, Spanish, Syntax

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