Descriptor
| Child Language | 2 |
| Language Acquisition | 2 |
| Learning Strategies | 2 |
| Linguistic Theory | 2 |
| Sentence Structure | 2 |
| Child Development | 1 |
| Children | 1 |
| Data Collection | 1 |
| English | 1 |
| Form Classes (Languages) | 1 |
| French | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Language Acquisition | 1 |
Publication Type
| Collected Works - Proceedings | 1 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedGuasti, Maria Teresa – Language Acquisition, 1995
Argues that early French relative clauses (RCs) with gaps involve movement of the relative head. The article suggests that children lack relative operators for maturational reasons. This account shows that the deviation of early RCs from adult grammar is due to this lacuna and is compensated for in a manner consistent with Universal Grammar. (39…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Data Collection, French
Download full textClark, Eve V., Ed.; Matsumoto, Yo, Ed. – 1988
The proceedings include the following papers: "Why We Study Child Language"; "Children's Use of Information in Word Learning"; "An Examination of the Initial Mapping of Verb Meanings"; "Evidence for the VP Constituent from Child Korean"; "The Role of Stress, Position, and Intonation in the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, English, Form Classes (Languages)
