Toddlers Use of Verb Constructions in Hindi takes a
comprehensive look at the processes by which children
extract structure and meaning from the particular
language they are learning to build up a more complex
grammar. Adopting a Usage-Based approach, this work,
examines childrens productivity, that is their
ability to use a new verb in a construction in which
they have never
before heard it. It does so in a highly interactive
experimental design using both novel and familiar verbs.
Childrens productivity in the experimental study is
then compared with their own verb use in everyday
play...