Early production of the passive in two Eastern Bantu languages

The passive construction is acquired relatively late by children learning to speak many languages, with verbal passives not fully acquired until age 6 in English. In other languages it appears earlier, around age 3 or before. Use of passive construction in young children was examined in two Eastern...

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Veröffentlicht in:First language. - 1998. - 32(2012), 4 vom: 30. Nov., Seite 459-478
1. Verfasser: Alcock, Katherine J (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Rimba, Kenneth, Newton, Charles Rjc
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2012
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:First language
Schlagworte:Journal Article Bantu languages Kenya Kigiriama Kiswahili child language language acquisition passive acquisition