Effect of Subject Types on the Production of Auxiliary Is in Young English-Speaking Children.
Purpose: In this study, the authors tested the unique checking constraint (UCC) hypothesis and the usage-based approach concerning why young children variably use tense and agreement morphemes in obligatory contexts by examining the effect of subject types on the production of auxiliary is. Method:...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 53; no. 6; pp. 1720 - 1742 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
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