The Acquisition of Relative Clauses

Processing, typology and function

Editor

Evan Kidd

| The University of Manchester

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ISBN 9789027234780 | EUR 90.00 | USD 135.00

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Explaining the acquisition and processing of relative clauses has long challenged psycholinguistics researchers. The current volume presents a collection of chapters that consider the acquisition of relative clauses with a particular focus on function, typology, and language processing. A diverse range of theoretical approaches and languages are bought to bear on the acquisition of this construction type, making the volume unique in its coverage. The volume will appeal to students and scholars whose interest lies in the acquisition and processing of syntax with a particular focus on complex sentences in crosslinguistic and functionalist perspective.

[Trends in Language Acquisition Research, 8] 2011. viii, 244 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/tilar.8

Table of Contents

Introduction. The acquisition of relative clauses: Processing, typology, and function Evan Kidd	1–12
Chapter 1. Relative clauses: Processing and acquisition William O’Grady	13–38
Chapter 2. A connectionist account of the acquisition and processing of relative clauses Hartmut Fitz, Franklin Chang and Morten H. Christiansen	39–60
Chapter 3. Learning from social interaction: The form and function of relative clauses in discourse and experimental studies with children Silke Brandt	61–80
Chapter 4. Relative clause acquisition in Hebrew and the learning of constructions Inbal Arnon	81–106
Chapter 5. Acquisition of relative clauses in Finnish: The effect of input Minna Kirjavainen and Elena Lieven	107–140
Chapter 6. Learning to produce Quechua relative clauses Ellen Courtney	141–172
Chapter 7. The acquisition of relative clauses in Japanese Hiromi Ozeki	173–196
Chapter 8. The acquisition of relative clauses in Cantonese and Mandarin Angel Chan, Stephen Matthews and Virginia Yip	197–226
Chapter 9. Structural priming in comprehension of relative clause sentences: In search of a frequency x regularity interaction. James Hutton and Evan Kidd	227–242

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Subjects

Linguistics

Theoretical linguistics

Syntax

Language acquisition

BIC Subject: CFDC – Language acquisition

BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General

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