Grammaire et pouvoir global de computation

Deux sources de difficultés possibles dans la production des relatives chez les enfants francophones

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ID20469792
AuthorsCATHY FRAGMAN (University of Ottawa, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume45
Issue1-2
Pages7-48
Publication date2000-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-4131 • E-ISSN: 1710-1115
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/s000841310001759x
OpenAlexW2465546180
LanguageFR
References cited21

The present study compares relative clause production in French learners and in mature speakers. Previous studies on French postulate deficiencies in children’s grammar of relatives in order to explain their defective production (Labelle 1990; Guasti and Shlonsky 1995). However, these studies do not strictly compare child and adult data. A new production task was administered to 25 French learners ages 4 to 7, and to 25 adults. Three types of stimuli were presented in order to elicit subject, direct object and indirect object relatives. Results show that children’s performance varies according to the type of stimuli presented, and that the performance of adults is qualitatively similar. These patterns undermine the notion that a given component of UG is either inoperative or unspecified in the developing grammar. Such unsteady lacunae point more naturally to peripheral processing limitations in learners rather than core deficiencies within their grammar proper (cf. Goodluck and Tavakolian 1982)

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