Structural and interactional aspects of adverbial sentences in English mother-child interactions

An analysis of two dense corpora

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20368331
AutoresLaura de Ruiter (0000-0002-6590-4073, Tufts University, autor de correspondencia), Heather C P Lemen (0000-0002-2657-186X, University of Manchester), Elena Lieven (0000-0002-2270-8910, University of Manchester), Elena V M Lieven, Silke Brandt (0000-0003-3363-8740, Lancaster University), A L Theakston (0000-0002-9483-7893, University of Manchester)
Año2021
Volumen48
Número6
Páginas1150-1184
Fecha de publicación2021-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Child Language (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0305-0009 • E-ISSN: 1469-7602
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0305000920000641
PMID33478612
OpenAlexW3119956597
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas54

We analysed both structural and functional aspects of sentences containing the four adverbials “after”, “before”, “because”, and “if” in two dense corpora of parent-child interactions from two British English-acquiring children (2;00–4;07). In comparing mothers’ and children's usage we separate out the effects of frequency, cognitive complexity and pragmatics in explaining the course of acquisition of adverbial sentences. We also compare these usage patterns to stimuli used in a range of experimental studies and show how differences may account for some of the difficulties that children have shown in experiments. In addition, we report descriptive data on various aspects of adverbial sentences that have not yet been studied as a resource for future investigations

Adverbial · Cognition · Language acquisition · Linguistics · Pragmatics · Language Development and Disorders · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation