Featural relativized minimality and intervention effects in child grammar: a case study of mandarin passives
Auteur :
Liu, Minqi
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781041259121
Date de publication :
8 sept. 2026
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
How do young children comprehend complex sentences when intervening elements disrupt understanding? This book explores a key puzzle: children often struggle to link phrases across distance when similar phrases intervene — an "intervention effect" that sheds light on how the mind constructs grammatical structure.