[HTML][HTML] The kindergarten-path effect: Studying on-line sentence processing in young children
A great deal of psycholinguistic research has focused on the question of how adults interpret
language in real time. This work has revealed a complex and interactive language …
language in real time. This work has revealed a complex and interactive language …
[图书][B] A selectional theory of adjunct control
I Landau - 2021 - books.google.com
A novel, systematic theory of adjunct control, explaining how and why adjuncts shift between
obligatory and nonobligatory control. Control in adjuncts involves a complex interaction of …
obligatory and nonobligatory control. Control in adjuncts involves a complex interaction of …
[图书][B] Syntactic locality and Tree Adjoining Grammar: grammatical, acquisition and processing perspectives
RE Frank - 1992 - search.proquest.com
It has been widely recognized that the relations human grammar exploits are sensitive to
constraints on structural locality. Indeed, much research in generative syntax has focused on …
constraints on structural locality. Indeed, much research in generative syntax has focused on …
Coloring Book: A new method for testing language comprehension
M Pinto, S Zuckerman - Behavior research methods, 2019 - Springer
We present a new method for investigating children's language comprehension and argue
that it has the potential to mitigate known task-related biases and expose children's …
that it has the potential to mitigate known task-related biases and expose children's …
Control principles in the grammars of young children
D McDaniel, HS Cairns, JR Hsu - Language Acquisition, 1990 - Taylor & Francis
We conducted two studies investigating the status of control principles in children's
grammars. In the first, 20 children ranging in age from 3; 9 to 5; 4 acted out and gave …
grammars. In the first, 20 children ranging in age from 3; 9 to 5; 4 acted out and gave …
Children are in control
JC Sherman, B Lust - Cognition, 1993 - Elsevier
We argue on the basis of recent experimental results that modular principles of universal
grammar (UG) play a continuous role in the first language acquisition of control. Our results …
grammar (UG) play a continuous role in the first language acquisition of control. Our results …
Some issues in the growth of control
K Wexler - Control and grammar, 1992 - Springer
The central problem of theoretical linguistics is the question of learnability: how is it possible
for the adult to have constructed her grammar from the available input? The central problem …
for the adult to have constructed her grammar from the available input? The central problem …
[PDF][PDF] Optional categories in early French syntax: A developmental study of root infinitives and null arguments
L Rasetti - 2003 - pure.mpg.de
The increasing progress made in the study of language during the last century has greatly
contributed to highlighting the amazing nature of the human language faculty. Among the …
contributed to highlighting the amazing nature of the human language faculty. Among the …
The development of infinitives from three to five
SL Eisenberg, HS Cairns - Journal of Child Language, 1994 - cambridge.org
This study investigated the form of infinitival sentences produced by young children and their
knowledge of the control properties of this sentence form. Twenty-five children between the …
knowledge of the control properties of this sentence form. Twenty-five children between the …
The acquisition of syntax
N Hyams, R Orfitelli - The handbook of psycholinguistics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In this chapter we describe several areas of syntactic development in children. We discuss
facets of grammar acquisition that have been especially well studied and which represent …
facets of grammar acquisition that have been especially well studied and which represent …