Enhanced Normalization of Parenthetic Plural Forms: (s), (es), (ies)

The use of silica gel impregnanted glass fiber sheets in plasma estriol assays.

The f luor imetr ic quantitation of nanogram amounts of es t r io l extracted f rom plasma is somet imes impaired by impuri t ies which in ter fere with f luorescence. Instant th inlayer chromatography on sil ica gel impregnated glass fiber sheets (ITLC-SG) removes such impuri t ies originating from extracts as well as from solvents used in the course of analysis . This convenient, rapid and ef...

Acoustic investigations into the later acquisition of syllabic -es plurals.

PURPOSE Children acquire /-z/ syllabic plurals (e.g., bus es) later than /-s, -z/ segmental plurals (e.g., cat s, dog s). In this study, the authors explored whether increased syllable number or segmental factors best explains poorer performance with syllabic plurals. METHOD An elicited imitation experiment was conducted with 14 two-year-olds involving 8 familiar disyllabic target plural noun...

The Study of Stage-like Development of Morpho-syntactic Structures in EFL Learners’ Writing Performance: A Processability Theory Account for Cases of “Plural -s” and “Adverb Fronting”

Brain potentials to morphologically complex words during listening.

This study uses event-related brain potentials (ERPs) to investigate the processing of morphologically regular and irregular words during auditory comprehension. ERPs were recorded, while 23 German-speaking subjects listened to correctly and incorrectly inflected noun plural forms presented in sentential contexts. ERP responses to violations of morphological structure were different to those of...

Frequency effects in language acquisition: a case study of plural forms in Brazilian Portuguese

This paper discusses the acquisition of plural forms of words that end in a back glide in Brazilian Portuguese and may take two plural forms: either –s (the regular suffix) or the suffix –is. Fourty children were presented to picture cards containing words ending in a back glide and were asked to identify what they saw. Children’s answers presented the suffix –is for the vast majority of words ...