caa a22 4500 386359032 CHVBK 20180307111909.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198902 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0305000900013520 doi S0305000900013520 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0305000900013520 On the developmental contour of child language: a reply to Smith & Weist [Elektronische Daten] A developmental perspective in child language research begins with a focus on the child and the processes that contribute to change in the child's knowledge of language. Developmental change occurs in an organized, systematic way, with later changes influenced at least in part by developments at an earlier time. The acquisition of tense and aspect provides a relevant example. Data previously published by Weist, Wysocka, Witkowska-Stadnik, Buczowska & Konieczna (1984) are reanalysed here to show, statistically, that children learning Polish are influenced by aspect in aquiring verb tense, just as children are in learning English, Italian, Hebrew, Turkish and other languages. Children beginning to learn verb inflections find aspectual contour particularly compelling in leading them to learn tense distinctions. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Bloom Lois Teachers College, Columbia University Harner Lorraine Brooklyn College of the City University of New York Journal of Child Language Cambridge University Press 16/1(1989-02), 207-216 0305-0009 16:1<207 1989 16 JCL https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000900013520 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 other jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000900013520 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bloom Lois Teachers College, Columbia University NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Harner Lorraine Brooklyn College of the City University of New York NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Child Language Cambridge University Press 16/1(1989-02), 207-216 0305-0009 16:1<207 1989 16 JCL CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge