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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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United Nations Convention on Human Rights, so it may not be politic to encourage
your participants with excessive zeal.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>However, I do think you put your finger on
a fundamental problem in child language research. I wonder if you have the
wherewithal to increase the range of contexts in which you elicit language? Bath-time,
shopping, in the park, at the movies, getting dressed, visiting friends and so
on. If you obtained data in this way, future generations would regard you as a
pioneer (says he, just begging for counter-examples).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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might still find some of the desired morphemes missing from your dataset. And
then you might consider going back to try those contexts again at different
times. Or extending the range of contexts even further. But even then, you may
well face the conundrum of simply not being able to elicit all the knowledge in
the child’s head at a given time versus the (very real) possibility that
some of that knowledge is not there yet. Sorry not to be more optimistic, but
there are very real methodological limits placed on us which go beyond the temptation
to <i><span style='font-style:italic'>make</span></i> children speak........<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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info-childes@mail.talkbank.org [mailto:info-childes@mail.talkbank.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Fatima Basaffar<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 27 November 2006 05:07<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> info-childes@mail.talkbank.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Verb Inflections and 2
years old</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I'm working on the acquisition of verb inflections in Arabic by 2-4
years<br>
old children. I'm at the data collection stage. <br>
<br>
Since Arabic is a highly inflected language, it didn't prove to be an easy<br>
task to elicit all verb inflections required. I'm using both naturalistic<br>
and experimental methods in which I have pair of pictures, a picture
story, a 3 minutes video-clip presenting cartoon figures performing
actions and puppets.<br>
The problem I'm facing is in dealing with 2 years old children.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=rte><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Does anyone know of some good ideas
to make them talk?<br>
Thanks, <br>
<st1:place w:st="on">Fatima</st1:place> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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