By learning that adding "-ed" to the end of a verb creates a change in its tense,a child is acquiring the rules of

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Morphology is the study of the structure of words and how they are formed using smaller units called morphemes. Adding "-ed" to a verb is an example of a morpheme that changes the tense of the verb, indicating that it happened in the past. Phonology is the study of sound systems in language, pragmatics is the study of language in context, and semantics is the study of the meaning of words and sentences. None of these areas of language study specifically relate to the formation of verb tenses.

By Learning That Adding "-Ed" to the End of a Verb