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 1 | Group 2 | | Never | Not productive | Productive | Never | Not productive | Productive |
| 2nd Sg present imperative | 4 | (1) | 46 | (11) | 50 | (12) | 5 | (1) | 29 | (6) | 67 | (14) | 4th Sg present imperative | 46 | (11) | 46 | (11) | 8 | (2) | 48 | (10) | 43 | (9) | 10 | (2) | 1st Sg past indicative | 63 | (15) | 38 | (9) | 0 | (0) | 48 | (10) | 43 | (9) | 10 | (2) | 3rd Sg past indicative | 25 | (6) | 63 | (15) | 13 | (3) | 19 | (4) | 62 | (13) | 19 | (4) | 1st Sg indicative present | 4 | (1) | 17 | (4) | 79 | (19) | 0 | (0) | 10 | (2) | 90 | (19) | 2nd Sg indicative present | 25 | (6) | 42 | (10) | 33 | (8) | 14 | (3) | 29 | (6) | 57 | (12) | 3rd Sg indicative present | 0 | (0) | 8 | (2) | 92 | (22) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 100 | (21) | 1st Pl indicative present | 75 | (18) | 17 | (4) | 8 | (2) | 48 | (10) | 43 | (9) | 10 | (2) | 3rd Pl indicative present | 58 | (14) | 33 | (8) | 8 | (2) | 29 | (6) | 57 | (12) | 14 | (3) |
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