The development of language and its interaction with other aspects of cognition: the case of medial wh-questions in English and in Brazilian Portuguese
Preschool children acquiring English and Brazilian Portuguese display a peculiar behavior when prompted to produce multi-clause wh-questions. In elicited production tasks, structures with an extra wh-element in medial position are sometimes produced. Such medial questions are impossible in the adult...
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2020-10-01
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| Series: | Ilha do Desterro |
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/72766 |