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Peer reviewedBrooks, Patricia J.; Tomasello, Michael; Dodson, Kelly; Lewis, Lawrence B. – Child Development, 1999
Examined children's tendency to make argument structure overgeneralization errors. Found that 3- to 8-year-olds were more likely to overgeneralize verbs less familiar to them, supporting the hypothesis that verb usage in particular construction types becomes entrenched over time. As children learn transitivity status of particular verbs, they…
Descriptors: Child Language, Familiarity, Generalization, Language Acquisition
