Verbal aspect in Serbian children's language production
Abstract
Previous studies have shown that an early usage of verbal aspect in children's spontaneous production is regularly observed in Slavic languages. However, this leads to the question whether the bare presence of aspect in early utterances is firm evidence that a child has acquired it. In order to show that the acquisition of aspect in Serbian is a process that lasts for several years, elicited production was inspected in children that had already achieved an apparent progress in language (3-5 year-olds). The comparisons with adults were made and several indicators of development were observed: a) the distribution of aspectual forms in children's and adults' language, b) the ability of functional usage of aspect in narrative, and c) the mastery of contrasting aspectual pairs. The findings provided the ground to propose three developmental stages assumed for the acquisition of Serbian aspect, and possible underlying mechanisms of development are discussed.
Keywords:
verbal aspect / Serbian language / language acquisition / elicited productionSource:
Psihologija, 2017, 50, 4, 427-444Publisher:
- Društvo psihologa Srbije, Beograd
Funding / projects:
- Fundamental cognitive processes and functions (RS-179033)
DOI: 10.2298/PSI160921007S
ISSN: 0048-5705
WoS: 000419017600001
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85040330581
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Psihologija / PsychologyTY - JOUR AU - Savić, Maja AU - Popović, Maša AU - Anđelković, Darinka PY - 2017 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2418 AB - Previous studies have shown that an early usage of verbal aspect in children's spontaneous production is regularly observed in Slavic languages. However, this leads to the question whether the bare presence of aspect in early utterances is firm evidence that a child has acquired it. In order to show that the acquisition of aspect in Serbian is a process that lasts for several years, elicited production was inspected in children that had already achieved an apparent progress in language (3-5 year-olds). The comparisons with adults were made and several indicators of development were observed: a) the distribution of aspectual forms in children's and adults' language, b) the ability of functional usage of aspect in narrative, and c) the mastery of contrasting aspectual pairs. The findings provided the ground to propose three developmental stages assumed for the acquisition of Serbian aspect, and possible underlying mechanisms of development are discussed. PB - Društvo psihologa Srbije, Beograd T2 - Psihologija T1 - Verbal aspect in Serbian children's language production EP - 444 IS - 4 SP - 427 VL - 50 DO - 10.2298/PSI160921007S ER -
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Savić, M., Popović, M.,& Anđelković, D.. (2017). Verbal aspect in Serbian children's language production. in Psihologija Društvo psihologa Srbije, Beograd., 50(4), 427-444. https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI160921007S
Savić M, Popović M, Anđelković D. Verbal aspect in Serbian children's language production. in Psihologija. 2017;50(4):427-444. doi:10.2298/PSI160921007S .
Savić, Maja, Popović, Maša, Anđelković, Darinka, "Verbal aspect in Serbian children's language production" in Psihologija, 50, no. 4 (2017):427-444, https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI160921007S . .