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Author Grolla, Elaine.

Title Pronouns as elsewhere elements : implications for language acquisition / by Elaine Grolla.

Publication Info. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 156 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-156) and index.
Summary This book investigates the acquisition of pronominal elements by monolingual children acquiring English and Brazilian Portuguese as their native languages. Previous studies have found non-adult behavior in children's use and comprehension of pronouns in two syntactic contexts: resumptive pronouns in relative clauses and anaphoric pronouns bound by argumental noun phrases. Children perform similarly on both contexts, incorrectly accepting these cases at chance level. The age-range when this ch ...
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Subject English language -- Acquisition.
English language -- Acquisition.
Portuguese language -- Brazil -- Acquisition.
Portuguese language.
Brazil.
English language -- Pronominals.
English language -- Pronominals.
Portuguese language -- Brazil -- Pronominals.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Pronominals.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Grolla, Elaine. Pronouns as elsewhere elements. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010 9781443823746 (DLC) 2011379134 (OCoLC)656784586
ISBN 9781443824446 (electronic book)
1443824445 (electronic book)
1283141418
9781283141413
9781443823746
1443823740
Standard No. 9786613141415