This chapter addresses the question of how children exploit different grammatical devices in comprehending relative clauses. It shows that comprehension of relative clauses follows different developmental patterns defined by the kind of device that cue a subject or an object relative clause interpretation.

Arosio, F., Adani, F., Guasti, M. (2009). Grammatical features in the comprehension of Italian Relative Clauses by children. In J.M. Brucart, A. Gavarró, J. Solà (a cura di), Merging Features: Computation, Interpretation and Acquisition. Oxford : Oxford University Press [10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199553266.003.0008].

Grammatical features in the comprehension of Italian Relative Clauses by children

AROSIO, FABRIZIO;ADANI, FLAVIA;GUASTI, MARIA TERESA
2009

Abstract

This chapter addresses the question of how children exploit different grammatical devices in comprehending relative clauses. It shows that comprehension of relative clauses follows different developmental patterns defined by the kind of device that cue a subject or an object relative clause interpretation.
Capitolo o saggio
Acquisition; Number agreement; Processing; Relative clauses; Subject/object asymmetry;
parsing, disambiguation
English
Merging Features: Computation, Interpretation and Acquisition
Brucart, JM; Gavarró, A; Solà, J
2009
9780199553266
Oxford University Press
Arosio, F., Adani, F., Guasti, M. (2009). Grammatical features in the comprehension of Italian Relative Clauses by children. In J.M. Brucart, A. Gavarró, J. Solà (a cura di), Merging Features: Computation, Interpretation and Acquisition. Oxford : Oxford University Press [10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199553266.003.0008].
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