Introduction Children conservatively produce syntactic patterns on a verb-by-verb basis (Akhtar and Tomasello, 1997; Baker, 1979; Bates and MacWhinney, 1987; Bowerman, 1982; Braine, 1976; Brooks and Tomasello, 1999; Gropen et al., 1989; Ingram and Thompson, 1996; Lieven et al., 1997; MacWhinney, 1982; Olguin and Tomasello, 1993; Schlesinger, 1982; Tomasello, 1992). Ultimately, however, generali...
