A Developmental Study of the Turkish Connectives

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ID20495451
AuthorsEnis Oğuz (0000-0001-5819-4926, İSTANBUL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, YABANCI DİLLER YÜKSEKOKULU), Duygu Sarısoy (0000-0002-1698-5479, Middle East Technical University)
Year2020
Volume31
Issue1
Pages77-100
Publication date2020-06-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1300-8552 • E-ISSN: 2587-0939
PublisherJournal of Linguistics Research (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.18492/dad.698824
OpenAlexW3037668436
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited20

Connectives present an interesting phenomenon; while even 3-year-olds can produce them accurately, the real mastery of understanding their meaning takes much time in language acquisition. We tested the comprehension of temporal, causal, and adversative connectives in 184 Turkish-speaking primary-school children and 20 Turkish-speaking adults. Our results demonstrated that high-achieving 5-graders show an adult-like performance. Regarding the type of the connective, temporal connectives posed greater challenge for children compared to causal and adversative connectives. We explain these results in light of the multi-dimensional account of connective acquisition.An Erratum to this article was published on 30 December 2020. http://dad.boun.edu.tr/en/pub/issue/58756/849534

Art · Humanities · Linguistics · Turkish · Educational and Psychological Assessments · Language Development and Disorders · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Philosophy · Psychology

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