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Warlaumont, Anne S.; Jarmulowicz, Linda – Journal of Child Language, 2012
Acquisition of regular inflectional suffixes is an integral part of grammatical development in English and delayed acquisition of certain inflectional suffixes is a hallmark of language impairment. We investigate the relationship between input frequency and grammatical suffix acquisition, analyzing 217 transcripts of mother-child (ages 1 ; 11-6 ;…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Grammar, Language Impairments, Caregivers
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Trevian, Ives – Language Sciences, 2007
The present study is an attempt to account for current changes taking place in the behaviour of what are commonly taken to be stress-neutral endings in contemporary British English. The methodological framework being that of Lionel Guierre, this study aims for comprehensive coverage, via a survey of Guierre's original database (which was initially…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Suffixes, Dictionaries, English