CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -"[C]hildren overgeneralize in the early phases of acquisition, meaning that they apply the regular rules of grammar to irregular nouns and verbs. Overgeneralization leads to forms which we sometimes hear in the speech of young children such as goed, eated, foots, and fishes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Applied to the mistakes children make as they develop grammatically. It implies that children make choices from a linguistic basis, and therefore are logical. Because english has many irregularities, these seem ‘wrong’. Linguists call some of these errors over-generalisations.

Detailed explanation-3: -Overregularization – Applying regular grammatical changes to irregular words. For example, using tooths instead of teeth.

Detailed explanation-4: -n. a transient error in linguistic development in which the child attempts to make language more regular than it actually is. An example is saying breaked instead of broken. See also overextension; overgeneralization.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.