APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Passive Voice in Children's Literature
- Ruth Caputo
Boston University - Sudha Arunachalam
Boston University
Abstract
This poster corroborates research that passive voice is used infrequently in child directed speech, and adds evidence that passive voice is also infrequent in children's books, despite that passive voice is considered literary language. This supports lack of exposure as a viable explanation for the late acquisition of passive voice.
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