Processing load and the extended optional infinitive stage.
Spontaneous language data from fifteen language-impaired children in the Extended Optional Infinitive stage of morphosyntactic development are examined with respect to processing load. Clauses with a target finite verb form are categorised according to finiteness and their preverbal constituents. Patterns of occurrence are discussed with regard to the Optional Infinitive framework itself and the implications for remediation.
Brunger
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School of Behavioural and Communication Sciences, University of Ulster, Newtownabbey.
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D007807:Language Tests; D008037:Linguistics; D014705:Verbal Behavior