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

An analysis of two dense corpora

Dados Bibliográficos

ID20368331
AutoresLaura de Ruiter (0000-0002-6590-4073, Tufts University, autor correspondente), 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)
Ano2021
Volume48
Fascículo6
Páginas1150-1184
Data de publicação2021-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Child Language (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0305-0009 • E-ISSN: 1469-7602
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0305000920000641
PMID33478612
OpenAlexW3119956597
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências 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