How Does Comprehension of Passives Develop? A Comparison of Actional and Experiential Verbs.

Sudhalter, Vicki; Braine, Martin D. S.

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ERIC Number: EJ320041

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Publication Date: 1985

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How Does Comprehension of Passives Develop? A Comparison of Actional and Experiential Verbs.

Sudhalter, Vicki; Braine, Martin D. S.

Journal of Child Language, v12 n2 p455-70 Jun 1985

Describes a study that tried to answer the following: (1) Are the passives of all actional verbs equally easy to understand? (2) Are the passives of all experiential verbs in a child's vocabulary about equally hard to understand? (3) Does comprehension of passives differ from verb to verb in a category? (SED)

Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Verbal Development, Verbs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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