Clause Chaining and Discourse Continuity in Turkish Children's Narratives

The present study examines the development of complex sentences with non-finite clause combining with particular focus on clause chaining, in narratives of 40 Turkish-speaking 4- to 11-year-olds and six adults elicited by a wordless picture book. Results show a gradual increase by age in the variety...

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Main Authors: Hale Ögel-Balaban, Ayhan Aksu-Koç
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00115/full