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. 2018 Aug 8;61(8):2062–2075. doi: 10.1044/2018_JSLHR-L-17-0339

Table 2.

Novel grammatical treatment targets.

Feature Target
Gender (male/female) Aspect (habitual action) Person (first person)
English counterpart Pronouns he/she Past tense –ed Third-person singular –s
Pedagogic rule “When it is a boy, you have to add x to the end. When it is a girl, you don't add anything to the end.” “When the animal is always/3s do/ing the action, you have to add x to the end. When the animal has been do/ing the action for a short amount of time, you don't add anything to the end.” “When the creature talk/3s about herself or if you talk about yourself, you have to add x to the end. When you or the creature talk/3s about someone else, you don't add anything to the end.”
Morpheme count 25 40 38
Examples John can swim + novel marking. See the horse sleep + novel marking. Now I drive + novel marking.
Ashley can read. See the sheep jump. Now you skate.