A developmental study of prepositional phrases in Hebrew written text construction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20342950 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gilad Brandes (0000-0002-9138-6070, Tel Aviv University), Dorit Ravid (0000-0002-4919-0007, Tel Aviv University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 83-105 |
| Publication date | 2017-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | First Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0142-7237 • E-ISSN: 1740-2344 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0142723716678130 |
| OpenAlex | W2554030432 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 38 |
Prepositional phrases (PPs) are considered an important feature of mature written expression. However, little is known about the development of PPs during the school years. The study examined the use of PPs in 160 narrative and expository texts, written by Hebrew-users in grades 4, 7, and 11, and adults. PPs were identified, counted, and classified according to their syntactic roles. Statistical analyses were carried out to probe the effects of age and genre on the overall prevalence of PPs, and the prevalence of each role. Results show that PPs become more prevalent and functionally more diversified with age: PP prevalence increased significantly after grade 7 in both genres, and continued to rise after grade 11 in expositories. Grade 4 PPs had a limited set of roles, the majority serving as arguments. In the older age groups the proportion of arguments decreased, concomitantly with an increase in the prevalence of other roles – most markedly verb-adjuncts and noun-modifiers – and the emergence of new PP roles
Expression (computer science) · Feature (linguistics) · Hebrew · Linguistics · Narrative · Noun · Set (abstract data type) · Verb · Computer Science · History · Language Development and Disorders · Philosophy · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development · Writing and Handwriting Education
Parts-of-speech systems
Non-Verbal Predication
Challenging stereotypes about academic writing
Properties of Spoken and Written Language
An Introduction to Functional Grammar
The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language
The Handbook of Psycholinguistics
Parts of speech as constructions
The development of complex nominals in expert and non-expert writing
More on the acquisition of locative prepositions
The psycholinguistics of developing text construction
Learning to use prepositions
Developing Noun Phrase Complexity at School Age
Hebrew Adjectives in Later Language Text Production
Cross-linguistic perspectives on the development of text-production abilities
Under the Circumstances (Place, Time, Manner, etc.)
Form and Function in Introducing Narrative and Expository Texts
Relating Events in Narrative
Words as Tools
From Usage to Grammar
Developing linguistic literacy
Towards a language-based theory of learning
Introduction
Verbal and nominal expressions in narrating conflict situations in Hebrew
Transitivity in Grammar and Discourse
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.44 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |