Regarding the Manner in Which Children Learn to Use the Past

question 8

Multiple Choice

Regarding the manner in which children learn to use the past tense of verbs,McClelland and Rumelhart argued for which position?

• A) Children learn to use the past tense for verbs only after they have learned to use the plural form of nouns.
• B) Over-regularization is an essential element to the sequence in which children learn to use the past tense.
• C) Children who grow up in cultures that use a language that has the SOV form take longer to learn to use the past tense.
• D) Children learn to use the past tense of verbs without actually learning that there is a rule for its use.

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