The Acquisition of Complex Sentences

by Holger Diessel

Book Overview

This book presents a comprehensive study of how children acquire complex sentences. Drawing on observational data from English-speaking children aged 2 to 5, Holger Diessel investigates the acquisition of infinitival and participial complement clauses, finite complement clauses, finite and nonfinite relative clauses, adverbial clauses, and coordinate clauses. His investigation shows that the development of complex sentences originates from simple...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521107482
• ISBN13: 9780521107488
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"