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Hsu, Ning; Rispoli, Matthew; Hadley, Pamela A. – Language Learning and Development, 2019
The Mandarin resultative verb compound (RVC; e.g., "tui dao" "push fall" and "pa shang" "climb ascend") encodes complex events composed of an initiating action and resulting activity or state. This study investigated when Mandarin-speaking children acquired this language-specific device. Specifically, we…
Descriptors: Verbs, Mandarin Chinese, Language Acquisition, Morphemes

Hadley, Pamela A.; Rice, Mabel L. – Language Acquisition, 1996
Examines the use of finiteness markers copula "BE" and auxiliaries "BE" and "DO" in the spontaneous speech of children with specific language impairment. Focus is on whether the categorical distinctions between main verbs and auxiliaries and/or between the auxiliary types influence the relative order of emergence…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Developmental Stages, Error Analysis (Language)