A Child Who Uses "Wented" as the Past Tense of the Verb

question 105

Multiple Choice

A child who uses "wented" as the past tense of the verb "to go"

• A) is using a metalinguistic transformation.
• B) is probably still at the stage of using semantic slanting.
• C) is using a general rule in an irregular case where it does not apply.
• D) is using motherese to express the past tense.

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