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Nemanich, Donald Dean – 1968
Verbs (4800) from 1200 compositions written by Nebraska students (grades 3-6) were examined using the most sophisticated grammatical analysis available to determine children's use of the English verb system and to compare their use to recent studies of the verb in adult writing. Information obtained included the following items: Children used…
Descriptors: Child Language, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Fluency