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Fodor, Janet Dean; Crain, Stephen – 1984
An alternative to the standard theory that language learners always formulate the simplest rule to accommodate data is proposed. This new position states that the system of formulating rules and the generalizations made from it by children and adults in the stages of language learning needs to be more specific. The present theory excludes the use…
Descriptors: Child Language, Error Patterns, Generalization, Grammar
