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Orsolini, Margherita; Fanari, Rachele; Bowles, Hugo – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1998
Tested the cross-linguistic applicability of the dual mechanism model, investigating children's spontaneous performance with past definite and elicited performance with past definite and past participle. Performance profiles with productive and unproductive inflections could not be categorically distinguished. Phonologically transparent…
Descriptors: Child Language, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries

Caselli, Maria Cristina; And Others – Cognitive Development, 1995
Examines children's variation in rate, style, and sequence of grammatical development, within and across natural languages. Using a sample of English and Italian infants, concludes that while there are structural differences between English and Italian that could affect the order in which nouns and verbs are acquired, no differences were observed…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies