TABLE 1.
The number of obligatory contexts for each grammatical morpheme type. Also shown is the number (N) of children in each language whose sample contained a sufficient number of obligatory contexts (5) for inclusion in the statistical analysis.
| Grammatical Morpheme Type | Swedish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Present tense inflections | ||
| M | 50.43 | 24.07 |
| Range | 14–130 | 11–109 |
| N | 14 | 14 |
| Past tense inflections | ||
| M | 17.41 | 13.54 |
| Range | 5–40 | 5–49 |
| N | 12 | 13 |
| Present copula forms | ||
| M | 63.36 | 98.21 |
| Range | 29–120 | 32–166 |
| N | 14 | 14 |
| Noun plural inflections | ||
| M | 28.16 | 55.43 |
| Range | 7–81 | 19–146 |
| N | 14 | 14 |