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The Production of Turkish Relative Clauses in Agrammatism: Verb Inflection and Constituent Order
Duman, Tuba Yarbay; Aygen, Gulsat; Bastiaanse, Roelien
Brain and Language, v105 n3 p149-160 Jun 2008
This study presents results from a sentence completion test that examines the production of finite main clauses and non-finite relative clauses in Turkish agrammatic speech. In main clauses, the verb is finite and all its constituents are in their base positions. In relative clauses, the verb is a participle and the NP undergoes overt movement to an A-bar position. The results show that non-finite relative clauses with overt movement as such are more difficult to produce than finite main clauses with a base order. The findings are discussed with respect to several hypotheses on finite verbs and syntactic complexity. The conclusion is that Turkish agrammatic speakers have more problems in producing structurally derived clauses and the production of verbs is influenced by linguistic factors such as the overt movement of the NP.
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