Here's a structure that's not so simple: Revisiting the acquisition of relative clauses

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dc.citation.journalTitleRice Working Papers in Linguistics
dc.citation.volumeNumber1
dc.contributor.authorDuffield, Cecily Jill
dc.contributor.orgLinguistics Department
dc.date.accessioned2009-02-11T22:40:11Z
dc.date.available2009-02-11T22:40:11Z
dc.date.issued2009-02-11
dc.description.abstractThis study revisits the construction-based incremental account of relative clause acquisition presented in Diessel and Tomasello (2005) by reexamining the subset of presentational relative constructions (PRCs) from their data. I demonstrate that trends of incremental development within this construction rely on the assumption that "amalgams" ("That's my doggy turn around,") are precursors to standard PRC forms ("That's my doggy that turns around.") I argue that amalgams are not related to PRCs in terms of form or function, and that once amalgams are removed from this data set, no patterns of incremental development appear in children's PRC productions. The results suggest that in order to maintain a constructional view of relative clause acquisition, a wider range of forms and functions must be considered.
dc.identifier.citationDuffield, Cecily Jill. "Here's a structure that's not so simple: Revisiting the acquisition of relative clauses." <i>Rice Working Papers in Linguistics,</i> 1, (2009) Rice University: <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/21849">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/21849</a>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/21849
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRice University
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/
dc.subject.keywordlinguistics
dc.subject.keywordlanguage
dc.subject.keywordrelative clauses
dc.subject.keywordconstructions
dc.subject.keywordacquisition
dc.titleHere's a structure that's not so simple: Revisiting the acquisition of relative clauses
dc.typeJournal article
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