Continuity in Lexical and Morphological Development: A Test of the Critical Mass Hypothesis.

Marchman, Virginia A.; Bates, Elizabeth

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ERIC Number: EJ488076

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Publication Date: 1994

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Continuity in Lexical and Morphological Development: A Test of the Critical Mass Hypothesis.

Marchman, Virginia A.; Bates, Elizabeth

Journal of Child Language, v21 n2 p339-66 Jun 1994

This paper outlines the degree to which age and verb vocabulary size are predictive of changes in the reported usage of English verbs that are irregular in their past tense form in a sample of more than 1,000 children. (Contains 40 references.) (JL)

Descriptors: Age, Child Language, English, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Measures (Individuals), Morphology (Languages), Tenses (Grammar), Toddlers, Verbs, Vocabulary Development

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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