False Starts and Filler Syllables: Ways to Learn Grammatical Morphemes.

Peters, Ann M.; Menn, Lise

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Publication Date: 1993

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False Starts and Filler Syllables: Ways to Learn Grammatical Morphemes.

Peters, Ann M.; Menn, Lise

Language, v69 n4 p742-77 Dec 1993

A microgenetic approach to studying grammatical morpheme learning uses longitudinal data from two children learning English in different ways. Eight general attributes of morphological systems are proposed that will promote or inhibit the emergence of filler syllables during development. (Contains 86 references.) (Author/LB)

Descriptors: Child Language, English (Second Language), Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Processing, Linguistic Theory, Longitudinal Studies, Morphemes, Morphology (Languages), Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Syllables

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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