Lexical, Morphological, and Syntactic Characteristics of Verbs in the Spontaneous Production of Italian Children
Joint Authors
Costantini, Alessandro
Fasolo, Mirco
Cassibba, Rosalinda
D'Odorico, Laura
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-17, 17 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-01-17
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
17
Main Subjects
Social Sciences (Multidisciplinary)
Abstract EN
This study investigates from a developmental point of view the lexical, morphological, and syntactic characteristics of verb production during the first stages of language acquisition.
The spontaneous productions of children with different mean length of utterance (MLU) were analysed, examining the relative production of different types of verbs (transitive, intransitive, and mixed), the arguments expressed or omitted in the utterances containing a verb, the morphological inflections produced by the children for each verb, and the generalisation of the syntactic construction with which specific verbs were produced.
Data are interpreted in support of the hypothesis that children have a limited abstract knowledge of verbs in the early period of multiword utterance production and that the process of abstractness and generalisation develops gradually on the basis of linguistic experience.
American Psychological Association (APA)
D'Odorico, Laura& Fasolo, Mirco& Cassibba, Rosalinda& Costantini, Alessandro. 2012. Lexical, Morphological, and Syntactic Characteristics of Verbs in the Spontaneous Production of Italian Children. Child Development Research،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-17.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
D'Odorico, Laura…[et al.]. Lexical, Morphological, and Syntactic Characteristics of Verbs in the Spontaneous Production of Italian Children. Child Development Research No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-17.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
D'Odorico, Laura& Fasolo, Mirco& Cassibba, Rosalinda& Costantini, Alessandro. Lexical, Morphological, and Syntactic Characteristics of Verbs in the Spontaneous Production of Italian Children. Child Development Research. 2012. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-17.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-476451