On Children's Uses of

Clark, Eve V.; Carpenter, Kathie L.

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ERIC Number: EJ393771

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1989

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On Children's Uses of "from,""by" and "with" in Oblique Noun Phrases.

Clark, Eve V.; Carpenter, Kathie L.

Journal of Child Language, v16 n2 p349-64 Jun 1989

A study of two- to six-year-olds' spontaneous uses of "from" to mark oblique agents showed that, while the two-year-olds produced "from" for agents and "with" for instruments in imitation, older subjects shifted to "by" for agents and kept "from" to mark locative sources. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, English, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Nouns, Oral Language, Phrase Structure, Prepositions, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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