Research Article

Lexical, Morphological, and Syntactic Characteristics of Verbs in the Spontaneous Production of Italian Children

Table 16

Percentage and (number) of children who used the given morphemes.

Group 1Group 2
NeverNot productiveProductiveNeverNot productiveProductive

2nd Sg present imperative4(1)46(11)50(12)5(1)29(6)67(14)
4th Sg present imperative46(11)46(11)8(2)48(10)43(9)10(2)
1st Sg past indicative63(15)38(9)0(0)48(10)43(9)10(2)
3rd Sg past indicative25(6)63(15)13(3)19(4)62(13)19(4)
1st Sg indicative present4(1)17(4)79(19)0(0)10(2)90(19)
2nd Sg indicative present25(6)42(10)33(8)14(3)29(6)57(12)
3rd Sg indicative present0(0)8(2)92(22)0(0)0(0)100(21)
1st Pl indicative present75(18)17(4)8(2)48(10)43(9)10(2)
3rd Pl indicative present58(14)33(8)8(2)29(6)57(12)14(3)