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Leonard, Laurence B.; Deevy, Patricia; Kurtz, Robert; Chorev, Laurie Krantz; Owen, Amanda; Polite, Elgustus; Elam, Diana; Finneran, Denise – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2007
Purpose: Many typically developing children first use inflections such as "-ed" with verb predicates whose meanings are compatible with the functions of the inflection (e.g., using "-ed" when describing events of brief duration with clear end points, such as "dropped"). This tendency is assumed to be beneficial for…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Verbs, Language Impairments, Morphemes