The Acquisition of English Derivational Suffixes
A Pilot Study
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https://doi.org/10.17161/KWPL.1808.706Keywords:
Language acquisition, English language-- Suffixes and prefixesAbstract
Children, ages six through twelve, were tested to determine when they acquired certain derivational suffixes as rule governed elements of their grammars. The suffixes tested were -y and -able. "Rule governed" was defined as the ability to manipulate these suffixes on nonsense syllables. This ability appeared as late as eleven years old with -able.Downloads
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Harris, . H. R. (1976). The Acquisition of English Derivational Suffixes: A Pilot Study. Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 1, 96-114. https://doi.org/10.17161/KWPL.1808.706