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# Grammatical Constructions

CPD for Primary: Children's Language Development (by Tom Hollins), topic 1.1.6

## Acquisition of Grammatical Constructions

Inflectional morphemes and other grammatical features (and grammatical words) are acquired in a specific order. __Brown__’s research proposes that they are learned in this order:

### 1-6

![1-6](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/courseImages/PE/1%20Skills/woman%20walking.jpg)

1. Present progressive (-ing) – I am walking.
2. Prepositions – by, on, at...
3. Simple plural (-s, -es) – he walks.
4. Possessive (- ‘s) – Trudi’s boat.
5. Uncontracted copula – Stuart is acting.
6. Articles – the box, a dog.

### 7-12

![7-12](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2018-08/5dbe6c20-8210-492c-b70b-15883a7b42b9/laptop-working-coffee.jpg)

7. Regular past tense (-ed) – I walked.
8. Third person regular verbs (-s) – Dave types.
9. Third person irregular verbs – Suz teaches.
10. Auxiliary verb ‘be’ – I am, he was, you are.
11. Contracted copula – Stuart’s acting.
12. Contracted auxiliary verb ‘be’ – I’m, you’re.

### __Katamba__

![__Katamba__](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2018-09/3fba2487-0107-4ee7-9e33-50edfe5b6f04/checklist-ticklist-tick-list-.jpg)

- __Katamba__ argues that this order is the same regardless of parental input.

## Test yourself on Grammatical Constructions

- Order of Acquisition of Grammatical Constructions: Brown (1-6)
- Order of Acquisition of Grammatical Constructions: Brown (7-12)
- Which researcher proposed the order that grammatical constructions are learned in?

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## CPD for Primary: Children's Language Development (by Tom Hollins) contents

### 1 Children's Language Development
- 1.1 Stages of Development
  - [1.1.1 A Child's First Year & Consonant Acquisition](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-for-primary-childrens-language-development-seneca-certified/1-1-1-a-childs-first-year-and-consonant-acquisition.md)
  - [1.1.2 Consonant Acquisition](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-for-primary-childrens-language-development-seneca-certified/1-1-2-consonant-acquisition.md)
  - [1.1.3 Beginning Stages of Language](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-for-primary-childrens-language-development-seneca-certified/1-1-3-beginning-stages-of-language.md)
  - [1.1.4 Lexical Development](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-for-primary-childrens-language-development-seneca-certified/1-1-4-lexical-development.md)
  - [1.1.5 Stages of Development](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-for-primary-childrens-language-development-seneca-certified/1-1-5-stages-of-development.md)
  - [1.1.6 Grammatical Constructions](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-for-primary-childrens-language-development-seneca-certified/1-1-6-grammatical-constructions.md)
- 1.2 Theories of Language Development
  - [1.2.1 Behaviourism](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-for-primary-childrens-language-development-seneca-certified/1-2-1-behaviourism.md)
  - [1.2.2 Interactionism](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-for-primary-childrens-language-development-seneca-certified/1-2-2-interactionism.md)
  - [1.2.3 Interactionism 2](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-for-primary-childrens-language-development-seneca-certified/1-2-3-interactionism-2.md)
  - [1.2.4 Nativism](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-for-primary-childrens-language-development-seneca-certified/1-2-4-nativism.md)
  - [1.2.5 Chomsky](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-for-primary-childrens-language-development-seneca-certified/1-2-5-chomsky.md)
  - [1.2.6 Cognitivism](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-for-primary-childrens-language-development-seneca-certified/1-2-6-cognitivism.md)
  - [1.2.7 Social Constructionism](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-for-primary-childrens-language-development-seneca-certified/1-2-7-social-constructionism.md)