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Peer reviewedBrooks, Patricia J.; Tomasello, Michael – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Investigated toddlers' acquisition and use of nonsense verbs in passive and active voice. Children used various strategies to answer questions designed to elicit voice changes but did not usually change verb construction. When passive and active constructions were primed, older children were able to use an active-introduced verb in passive…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Oral Language
Chinn, Judith A. – 1979
Two research projects focused on the nature of verb choice and its relationship to a composition's general effectiveness and reader impact. In the pilot project, 28 fifth grade students received an instructional unit of 27 lessons emphasizing the incorporation of precise verb vocabulary and the elimination of forms of "to be" and "to have" as main…
Descriptors: Grade 12, Grade 5, High Schools, Holistic Evaluation
