The Acquisition of English Derivational Suffixes: A Pilot Study

Children, ages six through twelve, were tested to determine when they acquired certain derivational suffixes as rule governed elements of their grammars. The suffixes tested were -y and -able. "Rule governed" was defined as the ability to manipulate these suffixes on nonsense syllables. Th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harris, Herbert R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Kansas 1976-01-01
Series:Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1808/706