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Rules and Schemas in the Development and Use of the English past Tense
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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-learned, speakers make generalizations about such forms. Such a generalization is defined as a schema which describes general phonological properties of a morphological class, and is used in organizing and accessing the lexicon. Schemas for the English past tense develop and change with age, yielding implications for both acquisitional and diachronic theory.
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- Bybee, J. L., & Slobin, D. I.
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- Language
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 1982-06
- Volume
- 58
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 265
- ISSN
- 0097-8507 (ISSN-L)
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- W4234475110
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- 230
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- 4.08
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- en
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- closed
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