An asymmetry in the acquisition of relative clauses: Evidence from Tagalog

Nozomi Tanaka; William O'Grady; Kamil Deen; Ivan Paul Bondoc

doi:10.1177/0142723719859090

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An asymmetry in the acquisition of relative clauses: Evidence from Tagalog

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An asymmetry in the acquisition of relative clauses: Evidence from Tagalog

Nozomi Tanaka, William O'Grady, Kamil Deen and Ivan Paul Bondoc

First language, Vol.39(6), pp.618-632

12/01/2019

DOI: 10.1177/0142723719859090

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Abstract

This article reports on the acquisition of relative clauses in Tagalog, the most widely spoken language in the Philippines. A distinctive feature of Tagalog is a unique system of voice that creates competing patterns, each with different possibilities for relativization. This study of children's performance on agent and patient relative clauses in a comprehension task revealed an agent relative clause advantage. These findings cannot be explained by the voice preference in declarative clauses, but are compatible with an explanation based upon input frequency factors.

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Title: Subtitle: An asymmetry in the acquisition of relative clauses: Evidence from Tagalog
Creators: Nozomi Tanaka - Indiana University
William O'Grady - University of Hawaii System
Kamil Deen - University of Hawaii System
Ivan Paul Bondoc - University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: First language, Vol.39(6), pp.618-632
DOI: 10.1177/0142723719859090
ISSN: 0142-7237
eISSN: 1740-2344
Publisher: Sage
Number of pages: 15
Language: English
Date published: 12/01/2019
Academic Unit: Linguistics; Center for Social Science Innovation
Record Identifier: 9984701823402771

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