Grammatical morphology has long been noted as an area of difficulty for all child learners of
English: TD L1, L1 with SLI, and L2 (Brown, 1973; Dulay & Burt, 1973, 1974; Leonard …

This paper examines the acquisition of tense-aspect morphology in three children acquiring
English. It was found that (1) children start using past inflections predominantly with …

The morphosyntax of any language is the totality of those devices which can be used to
express grammatical relations. These include not only word order (“syntax”) but also all of …

The performance on production of finite verb morphology of 19 children (ages 5; 9–10; 7)
with mild-moderate sensorineural hearing impairment (SNH) was compared with that of 14 …

Consistent error patterns in English past-tense forms are reported for three age groups:
preschoolers, 8-10-year-olds, and adults. It is argued that, although irregular forms are rote …

In this study1 we set out to discover what is learned by children exposed to English
morphology. To test for knowledge of morphological rules, we use nonsense materials. We …

Purpose This 5-year longitudinal study investigated the acquisition of 6 English grammatical
morphemes (ie, regular and irregular past tense, 3rd person singular, progressive aspect …

It has long been noted that grammatical function morphemes, such as determiners,
auxiliaries, and tense and agreement morphemes, tend to be missing in children's early …

This study of first-language (L1) Russian children acquiring English as a second language
(L2) investigates the reasons behind omission of verbal inflection in L2 acquisition and …

This study reports on a comparison of the use and knowledge of tense-marking morphemes
in English by first language (L1), second language (L2), and specific language impairment …