causative constructions

Aliyah MORGENSTERN morgen at idf.ext.jussieu.fr
Wed Sep 1 20:55:36 UTC 2004


Dear info-CHILDES,
Does anyone know if children make "mistakes" when using causative
constructions in English such as
"Dad made me go to my room"
(for example adding TO "Dad made me to go to my room" which is the kind of
mistake Polish immigrants make?
And at what age do you think such constructions are acquired by English
speaking children? 

Thank you very much for your help, or for references on the subject,

Aliyah MORGENSTERN
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Lyon-France
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morgen at idf.ext.jussieu.fr
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