Child Language) Grammatical Development

Question 1

Why’s grammar hard to learn. 4

Answer 1

Irregular grammatical structures
Limited vocab
Poor grammar of caregivers
Overgeneralisation of rules

Question 2

Types of determiners. 5

Eg

Answer 2

Articles - a/the
Numerals - two
Possessive - my
Quantifiers - more/some
Demonstratives - this

Question 3

Virtuous errors

Answer 3

Grammatical errors that are understanding and logical because of wrong assumption being made about grammar rules

Question 4

A02 theory - Brown

Findings… (2)

Answer 4

Looked at 14 morphemes and the order they occurred in

Affixation of verbs (ing) first and auxiliary verb ‘be’ last

Question 5

A02 theory - berkos wug test

Findings… (3)

Answer 5

Solid proof grammar rules were innate (built in brain)
Shown 1 wug and when they were shown 2 they said 2 wugs
This shows they knew to add a plural despite not knowing or hearing what it was

Question 6

A02 theory - Bellugi on pronouns

Findings … (4)

Answer 6

Looked at pronouns and said there were 3 stages:
Use name first as egocentric
Recognise difference between names, i and me
Correctly applied pronouns - I, me and they