Relative Clause Structure, Relative Clause Perception, and the Change from SOV to SVO.

Antinucci, Francesco; And Others

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Publication Date: 1979-Jun

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Relative Clause Structure, Relative Clause Perception, and the Change from SOV to SVO.

Antinucci, Francesco; And Others

Cognition, v7 n2 p145-76 Jun 1979

This study presents a view of diachronic change in language which focuses on the conflicting interaction of principles determining language organization. Principles of structural and perceptual nature are in conflict in language of the Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) type, because of the relative clause construction. Theoretical and empirical evidence is reviewed. (Author/RD)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Language Universals, Linguistic Difficulty (Inherent), Linguistic Theory, Perception, Psycholinguistics, Research Reviews (Publications), Sentence Diagraming, Sentence Structure, Syntax

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Language: English

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