Protosyntactic Devices in the Acquisition of Italian Free Morphology.

Bottari, Piero; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ505199

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Protosyntactic Devices in the Acquisition of Italian Free Morphology.

Bottari, Piero; And Others

Language Acquisition, v3 n4 p327-69 1993-94

Examines the production of schwa-like elements, monosyllabic place holders (MPHs), before lexical items in early utterances of Italian children. The results of a longitudinal study of normal language acquisition in six Italian preschool children show that MPHs do not stem from imitation but actually retain important grammatical properties of functional free morphemes. (54 references) (MDM)

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grammar, Italian, Language Acquisition, Longitudinal Studies, Morphemes, Morphology (Languages), Oral Language, Preschool Children, Uncommonly Taught Languages

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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