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Rispoli, Matthew – Journal of Child Language, 1990
Explores how children learn the range of aspect inflection to which a verb is amenable. Analyses focus on the children's mastery of Aktionsart specific intersentential patterns. Three conclusions are given based on the study's results. (21 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Children, Japanese, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns
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Rispoli, Matthew – Journal of Child Language, 1994
Data from a transcript database of 12 children collected in 1-hour samples every month from 1;0 to 3;0 support the hypothesis that there should be strong differences in the frequency and types of errors between pronouns with suppletive nominatives and those without. The suppletive nominative forms "I" and "she" are blocked from overextension in a…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Child Language, Databases, Error Analysis (Language)
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Rispoli, Matthew – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1998
A longitudinal study of 12 children (ages 1-3), investigated why some prefer to replace "I" with "me", whereas others prefer to replace "I" with "my". The percentage of errors in which "me" replaced "I" was positively correlated with the correct production of "me" as an objective pronoun. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments