Jurnal Internasional Bahasa

Sage Publication : First Language

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The passive construction is acquired relatively late by children learning to speak many
languages, with verbal passives not fully acquired until age 6 in English. In other languages
it appears earlier, around age 3 or before. Use of passive construction in young children
was examined in two Eastern Bantu languages spoken in Kenya (Kiswahili and Kigiriama),
both with frequent use of passive. The passive was used productively very early (2;1) in
these languages, regardless of the method used to measure productivity. In addition,
non-actional passives, particularly rare in English and some other European languages,
were seen at these early ages. The proportion of verbs that were passive varied between
individuals, both in children’s speech and in the input to children. Pragmatic and grammatical
features of the passive in some languages have previously been suggested to drive early
passive acquisition, but these features are not found consistently in the two languages
studied here. Findings suggest that the relatively high frequency of input found in these
languages is the most plausible reason for early productive use of the passive.

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EJ3.2

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New York : Sage Publication., 2011

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EJ3.2

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