Discontinuous development in the acquisition of filler-gap dependencies: Evidence from 15- and 20-month-olds.

This article investigates infant comprehension of filler-gap dependencies. Three experiments probe 15- and 20-month-olds’ comprehension of two filler-gap dependencies:wh-questions and relative clauses. Experiment 1 shows that both age groups appear to comprehendwh-questions. Experiment 2 shows that...

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Publicado en:Language Acquisition Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 234 - 261
Autores principales: Gagliardi, Annie, Mease, Tara M., Lidz, Jeffrey
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul-Sep2016
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