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A Functional Account of Verb Use in the Early Stages of English Multiword Development
Cameron-Faulkner, Thea
Journal of Child Language, v39 n4 p885-897 Sep 2012
The present study investigates flexibility of verb use in the early stages of English multiword development, and its relationship with patterns attested in the input. The data is taken from a case study of a monolingual English-speaking boy aged 2; 5-2; 9 and his mother while engaged in daily activities in the home. Data were coded according to Halliday's (1975) functional system. The findings suggest that early multiword verb use is functionally restricted and closely tied to verb use in the input.
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Vocabulary Development, Verbs, Language Usage, Linguistic Input, Case Studies, Monolingualism, Mothers, Sons, Parent Child Relationship, Coding, English, Language Patterns, Toddlers, Young Children, Children, Age Differences
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