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Title: | Acquisition of non-canonical word orders in Mandarin Chinese | Authors: | Ji, Y Sheng, L Zheng, L |
Issue Date: | 2023 | Source: | Frontiers in psychology, 2023, v. 14, 1006148 | Abstract: | To better understand Mandarin-speaking children’s acquisition of non-canonical word orders, we tested comprehension and production of Mandarin non-canonical active ba-construction and passive bei-construction, in comparison with canonical active SVO sentences among 180 children between three and 6 years of age. Our results showed that children had more difficulties with bei-construction compared to SVO sentences in both comprehension and production, but early problems of ba-construction only lied in production. We discussed these patterns in connection with two accounts of language acquisition which attribute language development to the maturation of grammar or to the exposure to the input, respectively. | Keywords: | Ba-construction Bei-construction Language acquisition Mandarin Word order |
Publisher: | Frontiers Research Foundation | Journal: | Frontiers in psychology | EISSN: | 1664-1078 | DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1006148 | Rights: | Copyright © 2023 Ji, Sheng and Zheng. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. The following publication Ji Y, Sheng L and Zheng L (2023) Acquisition of non-canonical word orders in Mandarin Chinese. Front. Psychol. 14:1006148 is available at https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1006148. |
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