The Use of the Simple Present in the Speech of Two Three-Year-Olds: Normativity Not Subjectivity.

Gerhardt, Julie; Savasir, Iskender

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The Use of the Simple Present in the Speech of Two Three-Year-Olds: Normativity Not Subjectivity.

Gerhardt, Julie; Savasir, Iskender

Language in Society, v15 n4 p501-35 Dec 1986

Examination of the use of the simple present verb tense by three-year-old children (N=2) indicates that analyses in terms of tense or aspect are not adequate to account for its use. Results indicate a need to recognize the way in which the form implicitly refers to norms and thereby entails a type of impersonal motivation. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Child Language, Discourse Analysis, English, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Linguistic Competence, Preschool Children, Sociolinguistics, Speech Acts, Tenses (Grammar), Verbs

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