The Acquisition of Passives in Spanish and the Question of A-Chain Maturation.

Pierce, Amy E.

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ERIC Number: EJ444591

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Publication Date: 1992

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The Acquisition of Passives in Spanish and the Question of A-Chain Maturation.

Pierce, Amy E.

Language Acquisition, v2 n1 p55-81 1992

Empirical evidence is presented in favor of a theory that attributes the delay in the acquisition of the passive to young children's ability to accomplish nonlocal assignment of features. Two experiments testing monolingual Spanish-speaking children's knowledge of the passive are discussed and analyzed in light of the theory of Argument-chain maturation. (23 references) (Author/LB)

Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Morphology (Languages), Preschool Children, Spanish, Spanish Speaking, Tenses (Grammar), Test Construction, Testing

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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