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ERIC Number: EJ513649
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0009
Relative Clauses Are Barriers to "Wh"-Movement for Young Children.
De Villiers, Jill; Roeper, Thomas
Journal of Child Language, v22 n2 p389-404 Jun 1995
Two studies are described that investigated preschool children's sensitivity to relative clauses as barriers to the movement of "wh" questions. A cross-sectional study and a longitudinal study conducted over the course of one year found that young children refused to extract "wh" questions from the ungrammatical site inside a relative clause. (JL)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cross Sectional Studies, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Longitudinal Studies, Preschool Children, Testing
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Clauses; Wh Questions