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ERIC Number: EJ658243
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0256-2928
Subject-Verb Agreement with Present and Imperfect Tenses: A Developmental Study from 2nd to 7th Grade.
Negro, Isabelle; Chanquoy, Lucile
European Journal of Psychology of Education, v15 n2 p113-33 Jun 2000
Presents the results of a study that explored the management of subject-verb agreement in second -to seventh-grade children studying the French language. Examined whether agreement with imperfect tense may have a lesser cost than agreement with the present. Finds that imperfect tense is acquired more rapidly than present tense. (CMK)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, French, Nouns, Qualitative Research, Sentence Structure, Statistical Analysis, Tenses (Grammar), Verbs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Note: European Journal of Psychology of Education is a refereed journal.