Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ424624
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Syntax and Semantics in the Acquisition of Locative Verbs.
Gropen, Jess; And Others
Journal of Child Language, v18 n1 p115-51 Feb 1991
Two experiments were performed on the ability of children and adults to understand and produce locative verbs. Results confirm that children tend to make syntactic errors with sentences containing "fill" and "empty," encoding the content argument as direct object. (33 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Adults, Child Language, Error Patterns, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Scoring, Semantics, Syntax, Testing, Verbs, Vocabulary, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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