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Download full textWexler, Kenneth; Chien, Yu-Chin – Papers and Reports on Child Language Development, 1985
Two studies examined the development of major properties of reflexives and pronouns in English language acquisition by applying the theory of binding of reflexives and pronouns to potential antecedents in the sentence. The children ranged in age from 2.6 to 6.6 years. In the first experiment, the children were presented with two pictures and were…
Descriptors: Child Language, English, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Theory
Stromswold, Karin; And Others – Papers and Reports on Child Language Development, 1985
Two experiments were conducted on the use and combination of three cues that differentiate active from passive verbs: a form of the auxiliary "be," the morphology of the passive participle of the verb, and the case-making preposition "by." In the first experiment, 59 children aged 2.9 to 5.10 years were asked to interpret…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Language, College Graduates, Comparative Analysis
Budwig, Nancy – Papers and Reports on Child Language Development, 1985
Data drawn from videotapes of children aged 20 to 32 months were analyzed for patterns in the use of various self-reference forms at an age when children rarely refer to others compared to their use at an age when children more regularly refer to others as main participants. First, the distribution of the forms…
Descriptors: Child Language, Concept Formation, Developmental Stages, Infants
