Flexibility in Early Verb Use – Evidence from a Multiple–n Diary Study

Abstract.
<p>I. Introduction.</p>
<p>Ii. Presenting the diary method.</p>
<p>Iii. A general description of early verb growth and use.</p>
<p>Iv. Pragmatic and semantic flexibility in early verb use.</p>
<p>V. Productivity and grammatical flexibility in early verb use.</p>
<p>Vi. Differences in early verb growth and use as a function of Developmental period, child, and verb.</p>
<p>Vii. General discussion.</p>
<p>References.</p>
<p>Acknowledgments.</p>
<p>Commentary.</p>
<p>Flexibility in the semantics and syntax of children s early verb use (Michael Tomasello and Silke Brandt).</p>
<p>Learning from infants first verbs (Sandra R. Waxman).</p>
<p>Early verb learners: creative or not? (Jane B. Childers).</p>
<p>Contributors.</p>
<p>Statement of editorial policy.</p>