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Direct linkKirjavainen, Minna; Lieven, Elena V. M.; Theakston, Anna L. – Cognitive Science, 2017
An experimental study was conducted on children aged 2;6-3;0 and 3;6-4;0 investigating the priming effect of two WANT-constructions to establish whether constructional competition contributes to English-speaking children's infinitival to omission errors (e.g., *"I want ___ jump now"). In two between-participant groups, children either…
Descriptors: Children, Experiments, Priming, Form Classes (Languages)
