Title Pronouns as elsewhere elements : implications for language acquisition / by Elaine Grolla

Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 156 pages) : illustrations Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX Summary This book investigates the acquisition of pronominal elements by monolingual children acquiring English and Brazilian Portuguese as their native languages. Previous studies have found non-adult behavior in children's use and comprehension of pronouns in two syntactic contexts: resumptive pronouns in relative clauses and anaphoric pronouns bound by argumental noun phrases. Children perform similarly on both contexts, incorrectly accepting these cases at chance level. The age-range when this ch .. Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-156) and index Notes Print version record Subject English language -- Acquisition. Portuguese language -- Brazil -- Acquisition English language -- Pronominals. Portuguese language -- Brazil -- Pronominals LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Psycholinguistics. English language -- Acquisition English language -- Pronominals Portuguese language -- Acquisition Pronomen Spracherwerb Brazil Englisch. Portugiesisch. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781443824446 1443824445 1283141418 9781283141413

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