CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The term overgeneralization is most often used in connection with language acquisition by children. For example, a young child may say “foots” instead of “feet, ” overgeneralizing the morphological rule for making plural nouns.

Detailed explanation-2: -Use of a sound in a wider range than permitted by the adult language. For example, a child might refer to a ‘tiger’ as a ‘kitty’ or ‘mouses’ for ‘mice’, in the latter case overgeneralization the morphological rule for plural nouns.

Detailed explanation-3: -Overregularization (overgeneralization) Overregularization is defined as the “application of a principle of regular change to a word that changes irregularly.” Examples of overregularization in verb use include using the word comed instead of came. Examples in noun use include using the word tooths instead of teeth.

Detailed explanation-4: -Young children often extend known words to referents outside their vocabulary, a phenomenon known as overextension (Clark, 1978). For example, children might extend dog to refer to a squirrel, ball to refer to a balloon, or key to refer to a door.