Syntax ==> 3/12/2024

A child might say “جزمتك ” when pointing to the last person Here he understands that the word “جزمة” is used with the lens of “ك” to refer to the queen.

noor

I think it's hard for me to know what they say because I didn't have in my home any children, but maybe they know or understanding when add ت مثل لعبت refires to him or لعبنا

Sanaa

Yes, children under the age 3 may have understanding of morphology, for example:

بديش-معيش-فش

The know that the suffix (ش) used for negation

Leen Sarsor

yes, they understand for example the plural form of cat is cats

كلب :كلاب

Shahd

 ماما راحت

بابا راح

1. أعطيني ألوانك (using pluralization)

2. شربيني مي (using pronouns)

Lian Suboh

Yes, they use a morphology like when they sayبلعبش

Two morphemes so the first one is

بلعب

The second one is ش

Sadeel

وينكم ؟ they can add كم to the word وين to refer to them all

Dina

نعسان - نعسانة =نعس + ( ان)/(انة)

مبزبطش - بزبط = م prefix + ش: suffix

Hala+ Amal

when children use words like سيارة and سيارات they may start to understand that the word سيارة refers to a single car, while سيارات refers to multiple cars

kamal

هات

هاتي

Tala Odeh

بدي

ما بدي

They understand that ما is for refusal.

Alma Hanbali

دارنا ، سيارتنا : they know that نا at the end of the word refere to something that belongs to us.

Alma

* Do children under the age of 3 have any understanding of morphology?

- Can we detect any indication in children's language that they understand words can be made of more than one unit?

Zawawi

Morphology: it is the study of word formation ==> Internal structure of words.

Befriending

Root: Friend

Be: Prefix

Ing: Suffix

Befriending is one word, but this one word has three elements. These elements are called morphemes.

Connected: Connect + ed

Unpredictable:

Un+Predict+able

Chairs ==> Chair + plural (s)

Zawawi

* Passive Voice VS Active Voice

a. The friend I introduced you to bought my car.

b. My car was bought by the friend I introduced you to.

* Prepositional dative VS double object construction

a. I gave my seat to my friend.

b. I gave my friend my seat.

* Particle placement construction:

1. NP V PRT NP

2. NP V NP PRT

a. I gave up my job

b. I gave my job up

Zawawi