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Download full textCarroll, John B. – 1970
To determine children's knowledge of the less frequent grammatical usages of words that may occur in more than one part of speech, lists of such words were developed. The grammatical functions of 1220 common words from two word counts were examined; about 50% were found to be grammatically ambiguous. Data were collected from about 1500 children in…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Comprehension, Form Classes (Languages), Grade 3
