Similarity-Based Interference and the Acquisition of Adjunct Control

Previous research on the acquisition of adjunct control has observed non-adultlike behavior for sentences like “John bumped Mary after tripping on the sidewalk.” While adults only allow a subject control interpretation for these sentences (that John tripped on the sidewalk), preschool-aged children...

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Main Authors: Juliana Gerard, Jeffrey Lidz, Shalom Zuckerman, Manuela Pinto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01822/full