Research article summary (published 30 Jul 2007):

The overgeneralization of non-finite complements to finite contexts: the case of decide.

Full Abstract

Current views on the acquisition of PRO can roughly be divided into two areas: lexical and syntactic accounts. We present data on one verb, decide, that yields data that not only differs from the data for other similar verbs with the same children, but does not lend itself easily to either type of account. Data from a sentence elicitation task conducted with 20 typically-developing children (4;o-7;11), along with 3 case studies illustrate that children may not be assigning a referent for PRO in an adult-like manner for particular verbs. Instead they may be overgeneralizing the use of non-finite complements to finite contexts.

Author information

Author/s: Owen, Amanda J (AJ); Leonard, Laurence B (LB);

Affiliation: Department of Speech Pathology & Audiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52245, USA. amanda-owen(-atsign-)uiowa.edu

Grants: R01 DC 00458 (Agency:NIDCD NIH HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Case Reports; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of child language (J Child Lang), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-Aug; vol 34 (issue 3) : pp 545-70

Dates: Created 2007/09/07; Completed 2007/10/01; Revised 2007/12/03;

PMID: 17822139, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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Child Child, Preschool Decision Making Female Generalization (Psychology)

Generalization (Psychology) Humans Linguistics Male Verbal Behavior

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