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<DIV><SPAN class=975295407-23102004>Dear Jim,</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=975295407-23102004>I don't know of research on this for
Spanish, but there is at least this one study about Portuguese:</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=975295407-23102004></SPAN><SPAN class=975295407-23102004>Lemos,
C. T. G. d. (1987). <I>'Ser' and 'estar' in Brazilian Portuguese: with
particular reference to child language acquisition</I>, Tübingen, Germany,
Gunter Narr Verlag.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=975295407-23102004>If this is of interest and you can't find
the study elsewhere, I can give you a URL to a library from where you may be
able to borrow it.</SPAN></DIV>
<P>Madalena </P>
<P>====================================== <BR>Madalena Cruz-Ferreira <BR>Dept.
English Language and Literature <BR>National University of Singapore
<BR>ellmcf@nus.edu.sg <BR><A href="http://profile.nus.edu.sg/fass/ellmcf/"
target=_blank>http://profile.nus.edu.sg/fass/ellmcf/</A>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
info-childes@mail.talkbank.org [mailto:info-childes@mail.talkbank.org]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>James Russell<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 22 October, 2004 8:46
PM<BR><B>To:</B> info-childes@mail.talkbank.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Spanish
verbs 'to be'<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Does anybody know of research into Spanish childrens' ability to employ
the correct form of the two verbs 'to be' in Spanish (<I>ser</I> - permanent
predicates; and<I> estar</I> - temporary predicates)?</DIV>
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<DIV>Jim Russell</DIV>
<DIV>(Cambridge, UK)</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>