The acquisition of the past tense
Errors of omission Errors of commission Children’s errors Errors of omission Errors of commission buy buyed hit hitted bring bringed go goed (wented) foot foots (feets) child(ren) childrens
U-shaped development overgeneralizations correct correct
This is a wug. Now there is another one. There are two of them This is a wug. Now there is another one. There are two of them. There are two __ .
This is a man who knows how to rick. He is ricking This is a man who knows how to rick. He is ricking. He did the same thing yesterday. What did he do yesterday? Yesterday he __ .
Table 1. Results for the past tense (Berko 1958) Verbs Allophones Percentage of added past tense suffix binged glinged ricked melted@ motted@ bodded ringed [d] [t] [@d] 78 77 73 33 31 16
Past Tense walk → walk-ed sking flink strin meek → skinged / skung / skang ? → flinked / flunk / flank ? → strinned / strung / strang ? → meeked / muck ? Bybee & Slobin 1982
Past Tense sking -{Î(k) flink -ö(Î/k) strin -(@)d meek
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