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Lustigman, Lyle – First Language, 2021
The present study examines the development of the earliest type of complex predicates to emerge in child Hebrew -- extended predicate constructions. These constructions take the form of a modal/aspectual operator followed by an infinitival verb form (e.g., "roce lesaxek" 'want to.play'), and since they serve various discursive functions…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Verbs, Child Language, Language Acquisition
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Maital, Sharone L.; Dromi, Esther; Sagi, Abraham; Bornstein, Marc H. – Journal of Child Language, 2000
Discusses construction of the Hebrew Communicative Development Inventory (HCDI), an adaptation of the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory (MCDI). The HCDI was administered to a stratified sample of Israeli mothers of 253 toddlers. Results are presented and compared with scores from the MCDI. Results indicate that conclusions concerning…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, English