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Direct linkKidd, Evan; Lieven, Elena V. M.; Tomasello, Michael – Language Sciences, 2010
Usage-based approaches to language acquisition argue that children acquire the grammar of their target language using general-cognitive learning principles. The current paper reports on an experiment that tested a central assumption of the usage-based approach: argument structure patterns are connected to high frequency verbs that facilitate…
Descriptors: Sentences, Verbs, Language Acquisition, Grammar
Aljenaie, Khawla; Farghal, Mohammad – Language Sciences, 2009
The present project is a case study of 68 Kuwaiti children (aged between 4 and 8) who acted out their interpretation of verbal stimuli involving three word orders in Kuwaiti Arabic Subject Verb Object (SVO), Verb Subject Object (VSO) and Topic-Comment (T-C) by using a set of props. The purpose is to investigate the way Kuwaiti children comprehend…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Sentences, Verbal Stimuli, Cues
