Child Language Acquisition: Morphology and Lexicology

Question 1

Order of grammatical morphology

Answer 1

1. Present progressive –ing
2. Prepositions in on
3. Plural inflection –s
4. Irregular past tense verbs went
5. Possessive inflection –’s
6. Copular/linking to be
7. Articles the a an
8. Regular past tense –ed
9. Regular present tense 3rd person singular –s
10. Irregularpresenttensehas,does

Question 2

regular rule

Answer 2

follows the most common and dominant rule

eg. -s to indicate a plural / past tense by taking -ed