Which of the Following Examples Would Be Most Consistent with Marcus's

question 54

Multiple Choice

Which of the following examples would be most consistent with Marcus's (1996) rule-and-memory theory for children's choice of past-tense verbs?

• A)Children systematically add "-ed" to every present-tense verb,to create a past-tense verb,and they remember this rule.
• B)Children typically add "-ed" to present-tense verbs,but they have also learned the past tense of a small number of irregular verbs.
• C)Children create a rule,based on adults' models of past tense,and the children store this rule in long-term memory.
• D)Children keep a tally of the statistically likely pattern of past-tense words,and they retrieve this rule from memory when appropriate.

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