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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University of Kansas
1976-01-01
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| description | 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. This ability appeared as late as eleven years old with -able. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c247227a773c43308713abfdfa67af782022-12-22T02:20:26ZengUniversity of KansasKansas Working Papers in Linguistics2378-76001976-01-0119111010.17161/KWPL.1808.706The Acquisition of English Derivational Suffixes: A Pilot StudyHarris, Herbert R.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. This ability appeared as late as eleven years old with -able.http://hdl.handle.net/1808/706Language acquisitionEnglish language-- Suffixes and prefixes |
| spellingShingle | Harris, Herbert R. The Acquisition of English Derivational Suffixes: A Pilot Study Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics Language acquisition English language-- Suffixes and prefixes |
| title | The Acquisition of English Derivational Suffixes: A Pilot Study |
| title_full | The Acquisition of English Derivational Suffixes: A Pilot Study |
| title_fullStr | The Acquisition of English Derivational Suffixes: A Pilot Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Acquisition of English Derivational Suffixes: A Pilot Study |
| title_short | The Acquisition of English Derivational Suffixes: A Pilot Study |
| title_sort | acquisition of english derivational suffixes a pilot study |
| topic | Language acquisition English language-- Suffixes and prefixes |
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