Question

As children learn the rules for combining words and using suffixes to modify words, they often engage in overregularization. What is one common overregularization error children make? a. They spell out unfamiliar words when reading instead of trying to pronounce them. b. They try to use nouns as verbs (e.g. "we carred to school" instead of "we drove to school"). c. They apply a suffix to a word instead modifying the root of the word (e.g. "tooths" instead of "teeth" or "fighted" instead of "fought"). d. They drop difficult sounds from words or substitute easier sounds for harder ones (e.g. "I wearing sorts" instead of "I'm wearing shorts").

Answer 1

Answer: As children learn the rules for combining words and using suffixes to modify words, they often engage in overregularization. One common overregularization error children make:

c. They apply a suffix to a word instead modifying the root of the word (e.g. "tooths" instead of "teeth" or "fighted" instead of "fought")

Explanation: When children are learning and developing language, they often use known rules in a generalized manner rather than adopting the small necessary changes such as irregular verb changes. For an example, saying “I runned away” instead of “I ran away”.