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 Linguisticsen_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber1en_US
dc.contributor.authorDuffield, Cecily Jillen_US
dc.contributor.orgLinguistics Departmenten_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-02-11T22:40:11Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-02-11T22:40:11Zen_US
dc.date.issued2009-02-11en_US
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.en_US
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>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/21849en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherRice Universityen_US
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licenseen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/en_US
dc.subject.keywordlinguisticsen_US
dc.subject.keywordlanguageen_US
dc.subject.keywordrelative clausesen_US
dc.subject.keywordconstructionsen_US
dc.subject.keywordacquisitionen_US
dc.titleHere's a structure that's not so simple: Revisiting the acquisition of relative clausesen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
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