Table 2.
Grammar aspect | Syntax or morphology | Comprehension A: button press Instruction: Look at two pictures and silently choose the one that matched a sentence you hear. |
Comprehension B: Instruction: Silently answer a question about a picture you are looking at |
Production Instruction: Finish my sentence. |
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Active voice | Syntax | The girl is kicking a boy. | – | Here the clown is pulling the dog but here… |
Passive voice | Syntax | Here the girl is pushing the boy. | – | Here the boy is chasing the dog but here the boy… (Fig. 1a) |
Relativized subjects | Syntax | The boy who is kicking the clown is wearing brown. | – | One of these boys is carrying some boxes, one of these boys is making a cake. This is the boy… |
Relativized objects | Syntax | The girl who the boy is hugging is wearing green. (Fig. 1b) | – | The boy is making one cake. The father is making another cake. This is the cake… |
Subject questions | Syntax | – | Which person is pushing the man? | – |
Object questions | Syntax | – | Which person is the cat chasing? | – |
Regular past tense marking | Morphology | The mother dressed the baby. | – | Here the boy is about to pour the juice but here he already… |
Irregular past tense marking | Morphology | The boy washed his face. | – | Here the boy is about to draw a picture but here he already… (Fig. 1d) |