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Peer reviewedMarcus, Gary F.; And Others – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1992
Examined overregularization of irregular verb forms in children's language learning. Found that overregularization errors are relatively rare; occur at a constant rate; and are not correlated with the proportion of regular verbs in parents' or children's speech. Also found that a period of correct performance precedes the child's first error. (BC)
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Language, English, Error Patterns
