Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

Language Development01:22

Language Development

1.1K
Children master language quickly and with relative ease, supported by both biological predisposition and reinforcement. B. F. Skinner (1957) proposed that language is learned through reinforcement, while Noam Chomsky (1965) argued that language acquisition mechanisms are biologically determined.
The critical period for language acquisition suggests that the ability to acquire language is at its peak early in life. As people age, this proficiency decreases. Language development begins very...
1.1K
Components of Language01:24

Components of Language

918
Language, whether spoken, signed, or written, consists of specific components: lexicon and grammar. The lexicon is the vocabulary of a language, comprising its words. Grammar is the set of rules used to convey meaning through the lexicon. For example, English grammar adds “-ed” to most verbs to indicate past tense. Words are formed by combining phonemes, which are the basic sound units of a language. Different languages have different sets of phonemes (e.g., “ah” vs.
918
Microbial Morphologies01:29

Microbial Morphologies

4.8K
Bacterial and archaeal cells exhibit remarkable diversity in shape and structure, critical in their adaptability and functionality. Among bacteria, the most commonly observed shapes include cocci and bacilli. Cocci are spherical and may exist singly or in groupings such as pairs (diplococci), chains (streptococci), clusters (staphylococci), or tetrads. Bacilli, in contrast, are rod-shaped and can also occur as single cells, in pairs, or chains, depending on their environmental and genetic...
4.8K
Language and Cognition01:27

Language and Cognition

956
Language serves as a bridge between ideas and communication, influencing how individuals perceive and interact with the world. Psychologists have long debated whether language shapes thought or vice versa. This discussion gained grip with Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf in the 1940s, who proposed that language determines thought, a concept known as linguistic determinism. They suggested that the vocabulary and structure of a language influence how its speakers think and perceive reality.
956
Factors Affecting Dissolution: Polymorphism, Amorphism and Pseudopolymorphism01:21

Factors Affecting Dissolution: Polymorphism, Amorphism and Pseudopolymorphism

844
Polymorphism refers to the existence of a drug substance in multiple crystalline forms, known as polymorphs. Recently, this term has been expanded to include solvates (forms containing a solvent), amorphous forms (non-crystalline forms), and desolvated solvates (forms from which the solvent has been removed).
Some polymorphic crystals possess lower aqueous solubility than their amorphous counterparts, leading to incomplete absorption. For instance, the oral suspension of Chloramphenicol, which...
844
Constraints and Statical Determinacy01:26

Constraints and Statical Determinacy

1.1K
In structural engineering, the equilibrium of a system is not only determined by its equations of equilibrium but also with the help of constraints. Constraints refer to restrictions on the motion of a system. The proper combinations of constraints can minimize the total number of constraints needed to maintain a system in mechanical equilibrium. When this happens, the system is said to be statically determinate. For such systems, the unknown reaction supports can be estimated using equilibrium...
1.1K

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Risk Factors for Children's Vocabulary Performance: Background Variables and Parental Concerns.

International journal of language & communication disorders·2026
Same author

Lexical Knowledge in Arabic Diglossia among Kindergarten Children: The Role of Linguistic Distance, Modality, Grammatical Class, and the Spoken Variety.

Journal of child language·2026
Same author

Are Narrative Macrostructure Skills Shared in Bilingual Children's Two Languages, and What Predicts Them?

Language, speech, and hearing services in schools·2025
Same author

Resilient heritage language maintenance: the interplay of family, culture, and pragmatic choices.

Frontiers in psychology·2025
Same author

Arabic Typical and Atypical Acquisition: Introduction to the Special Issue.

Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR·2025
Same author

Exploring the Production Effect in Memory Reveals a Balanced Bilingual Advantage.

Experimental psychology·2024
Same journal

Child Phonology in a Language Revitalization Context: Evidence from Hul'q'umi'num'.

Journal of child language·2026
Same journal

Disentangling Bilingualism and Developmental Language Disorder in the Acquisition of Spanish Verbal Agreement Morphology.

Journal of child language·2026
Same journal

Perceptual asymmetries in the development of lexical tone perception in Thai-learning children.

Journal of child language·2026
Same journal

To bind or not to bind: Individual differences in pronominal processing among adolescent Mandarin-English heritage speakers.

Journal of child language·2026
Same journal

Influence of Visual Context Stability on Word Learning in Fourteen- and Nineteen-Month-Old Children.

Journal of child language·2026
Same journal

Revisiting the Acquisition of Conditionals: Children's and Adults' Expression of Hypothetical Thought.

Journal of child language·2026
See all related articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Mar 31, 2026

Measuring Statistical Learning Across Modalities and Domains in School-Aged Children Via an Online Platform and Neuroimaging Techniques
08:05

Measuring Statistical Learning Across Modalities and Domains in School-Aged Children Via an Online Platform and Neuroimaging Techniques

Published on: June 30, 2020

8.2K

The regularity and complexity in morphological and morpho-syntactic acquisition.

Julia Reznick1, Sharon Armon-Lotem2

  • 1Communication Disorders, https://ror.org/03nz8qe97Ariel University, Israel.

Journal of Child Language
|March 30, 2026
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Children learn Hebrew word endings by first mastering regular and simple grammatical forms. Complexity and regularity significantly influence the order of acquiring morphology and morpho-syntax in young learners.

Keywords:
Hebrewcomplexitymorpho-syntaxmorphologyregularity

More Related Videos

Examining Online Syntactic Processing of Spoken Complex Sentences in Chinese Using Dual-Modal Interference Tasks
08:32

Examining Online Syntactic Processing of Spoken Complex Sentences in Chinese Using Dual-Modal Interference Tasks

Published on: September 5, 2019

6.0K
Using the Visual World Paradigm to Study Sentence Comprehension in Mandarin-Speaking Children with Autism
06:15

Using the Visual World Paradigm to Study Sentence Comprehension in Mandarin-Speaking Children with Autism

Published on: October 3, 2018

8.3K

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Mar 31, 2026

Measuring Statistical Learning Across Modalities and Domains in School-Aged Children Via an Online Platform and Neuroimaging Techniques
08:05

Measuring Statistical Learning Across Modalities and Domains in School-Aged Children Via an Online Platform and Neuroimaging Techniques

Published on: June 30, 2020

8.2K
Examining Online Syntactic Processing of Spoken Complex Sentences in Chinese Using Dual-Modal Interference Tasks
08:32

Examining Online Syntactic Processing of Spoken Complex Sentences in Chinese Using Dual-Modal Interference Tasks

Published on: September 5, 2019

6.0K
Using the Visual World Paradigm to Study Sentence Comprehension in Mandarin-Speaking Children with Autism
06:15

Using the Visual World Paradigm to Study Sentence Comprehension in Mandarin-Speaking Children with Autism

Published on: October 3, 2018

8.3K

Area of Science:

  • Psycholinguistics
  • Developmental Linguistics
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Language acquisition research explores factors influencing the learning of grammatical structures.
  • Hebrew nominal inflection presents a complex system with regular and irregular patterns.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the interplay between regularity and complexity in Hebrew nominal and morpho-syntactic acquisition.
  • To determine how age influences the acquisition of these linguistic features.

Main Methods:

  • Sentence completion tasks were administered to 78 Hebrew-speaking children aged 4-8.
  • Nine specific structures across three linguistic systems (singular adjectival agreement, noun pluralization, plural adjectival agreement) were assessed.

Main Results:

  • Regular morphological and morpho-syntactic structures were acquired before irregular ones.
  • Within each regularity level, less complex structures were mastered prior to more complex ones.
  • These patterns held true across the studied age range.

Conclusions:

  • Regularity and complexity are key organizing principles in Hebrew inflectional acquisition.
  • Findings support both the Dual-Route Model (rule-governed vs. memory-based knowledge) and Usage-Based models (frequency and regularity cues).
  • Increased cognitive and linguistic effort explains the later acquisition of complex structures.