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

I. Introduction.

Ii. Presenting the diary method.

Iii. A general description of early verb growth and use.

Iv. Pragmatic and semantic flexibility in early verb use.

V. Productivity and grammatical flexibility in early verb use.

Vi. Differences in early verb growth and use as a function of Developmental period, child, and verb.

Vii. General discussion.

References.

Acknowledgments.

Commentary.

Flexibility in the semantics and syntax of children’s early verb use (Michael Tomasello and Silke Brandt).

Learning from infants’ first verbs (Sandra R. Waxman).

Early verb learners: creative or not? (Jane B. Childers).

Contributors.

Statement of editorial policy.