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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a small experiment that we have done recently with
Serbian preschool children has given some reasons to believe that
acquisition of verbs PITAJ and RECI (meaning ASK and TELL) in Serbian is
pretty easier and taking place several years before then in English, having
in mind what was shown in the classic Caroll Chomsky's: <EM>The Acquistion of
Syntax in Children's Language from 5 to 10.</EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Could anyone kindly direct me to new
studies of acquistion of these verbs? Any language, any methodology
and corpora retrieval data would be appreciated very much.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Many thanks,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Darinka Andjlekovic</FONT></DIV>
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href="mailto:dandjelk@f.bg.ac.yu">dandjelk@f.bg.ac.yu</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Laboratory of Experimental Psychology</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Faculty of Philosophy</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>University of Belgrade</FONT></DIV>
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