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Wijnen, Frank; Kempen, Masja; Gillis, Steven – Journal of Child Language, 2001
Explores the possibility that the early predominance of infinitival forms in children acquiring Dutch as their first language is related to patterns in the language input. Analyzed a corpus of utterances addressed by two Dutch-speaking mothers to their 2- and 3-year-old sons. Root infinitive utterances amounted to 10%, and auxiliary-plus…
Descriptors: Child Language, Dutch, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition