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ERIC Number: EJ580246
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Publication Date: 1999
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Young Children Learn To Produce Passives with Nonce Verbs.
Brooks, Patricia J.; Tomasello, Michael
Developmental Psychology, v35 n1 p29-44 Jan 1999
Investigated toddlers' acquisition and use of nonsense verbs in passive and active voice. Children used various strategies to answer questions designed to elicit voice changes but did not usually change verb construction. When passive and active constructions were primed, older children were able to use an active-introduced verb in passive construction and a passive-introduced verb in active transitive construction. (JPB)
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Oral Language, Verbal Ability, Verbs, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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