Acquisition of complex sentences, The
Children English language Grammar, Comparative and general Language acquisition e-böcker
Cambridge University Press
2004
EISBN 9780511228926
A dynamic network model of grammatical constructions.
Towards a definition of complex sentences and subordinate clauses.
Infinitival and participial complement constructions.
Complement clauses.
Relative clauses.
Adverbial and co-ordinate clauses.
This new and pathbreaking study provides the first ever comprehensive account of how children acquire complex sentences. Holger Diessel investigates spontaneous speech in English-speaking children aged between two and five, examining the acquisition of infinitival, participial and finite complement clauses, finite and non-finite relative clauses, and co-ordinate clauses.
Towards a definition of complex sentences and subordinate clauses.
Infinitival and participial complement constructions.
Complement clauses.
Relative clauses.
Adverbial and co-ordinate clauses.
This new and pathbreaking study provides the first ever comprehensive account of how children acquire complex sentences. Holger Diessel investigates spontaneous speech in English-speaking children aged between two and five, examining the acquisition of infinitival, participial and finite complement clauses, finite and non-finite relative clauses, and co-ordinate clauses.
