Berko's Study Demonstrated Children's Understanding of Morphological Rules

question 53

Multiple Choice

Berko's study demonstrated children's understanding of morphological rules. It is impressive to note that the children in the study

• A) used morphological rules from utterances they had heard and applied them to words that they have never heard before.
• B) were able to answer correctly without understanding or using morphological rules.
• C) were unable to apply rules to fictional words.
• D) based their responses on past instances of hearing the words used in the study.

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