Learning to Inflect English Words.

Clay, Marie M.

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ERIC Number: EJ141438

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Publication Date: 1975

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Learning to Inflect English Words

Clay, Marie M.

RELC Journal, 6, 2, 33-41, Dec 75

The two studies reported examine changes in the control over inflections of New Zealand children aged 5-10 years. The progress of White New Zealand children with English as their mother tongue is contrasted with the progress of urban Maori children and urban Samoan children in Auckland. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Child Language, English (Second Language), Interference (Language), Language Acquisition, Language Tests, Linguistic Difficulty (Inherent), Morphology (Languages), Native Speakers, Second Language Learning, Suffixes

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