The Acquisition of the Possessive /-s/ Morpheme

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dc.contributor.advisorGrebenyova, Lydia
dc.contributor.authorGoble, Grace
dc.contributor.departmentLanguage and Linguistics.en_US
dc.contributor.otherBaylor University.en_US
dc.contributor.schoolsHonors College.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-24T20:06:54Z
dc.date.available2013-05-24T20:06:54Z
dc.date.copyright2013
dc.date.issued2013-05-24
dc.description.abstractIn this study, we investigated children’s understanding and production of the English complex possessive phrases. Children are able to learn language without any instruction other than what they hear from the adults around them. This input, however, is not labeled or organized in any way. Due to the homophony between the possessive and plural constructions in English, there must be some way in which children organize and learn these rules. During the study, we presented children ages 3-5 with different options on how to form complex possessive structures. Surprisingly, their preferred construction is also one that Universal Grammar predicts never will occur. By looking at how they chose to form the construction and how adults form the construction, we hoped to shed more light on not only the children’s understanding of the structure, but the adults’ as well.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2104/8639
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
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dc.rights.accessrightsWorldwide accessen_US
dc.subjectLanguage Acquisition.en_US
dc.subjectEnglish.en_US
dc.subjectSyntax.en_US
dc.titleThe Acquisition of the Possessive /-s/ Morphemeen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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