The acquisition of relative clauses

12 Março 2021, 14:00 • Ana Lúcia Santos

The acquisition of relative clauses: classic studies and more recent approaches. Subject / object asymmetries in relative clauses (on a pair with other A-bar movement structures, namely wh- questions). The structure of subject and object relative clauses (raising analysis) and the interpretation of the delay in production and comprehension of object relatives (and D-linked wh- questions) as the  result of intervention effects (Friedmann, Belletti & Rizzi, 2009).