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de Bree, Elise; van der Ven, Sanne; van der Maas, Han – Language Learning and Development, 2017
According to the Integration of Multiple Patterns hypothesis (IMP; Treiman & Kessler, 2014), the spelling difficulty of a word is affected by the number of cues converging on the correct answer. We tested this hypothesis in children's regular past tense formation in Dutch. Past tenses are formed by adding either-"de"…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Cues, Error Patterns, Regression (Statistics)
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Keren-Portnoy, Tamar – Journal of Child Language, 2006
This paper presents a model of syntax acquisition, whose main points are as follows: Syntax is acquired in an item-based manner; early learning facilitates subsequent learning--as evidenced by the accelerating rate of new verbs entering a given structure; and mastery of syntactic knowledge is typically achieved through practice--as evidenced by…
Descriptors: Verbs, Foreign Countries, Word Order, Models