The production of subject and object relative clauses in Italian-speaking children: a syntactic priming study

• Published in: First language Vol. 45; no. 4; pp. 400 - 420
• Main Authors: Contemori, Carla, Manetti, Claudia, Piersigilli, Federico
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.08.2025; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Children; French language; Grammatical subject; Italian language; Priming; Relative clauses; Syntactic processing; Syntax; Syntactic priming; Italian; passive subject relative clauses; object relative clauses

For children, Object Relative (OR) clauses can be late acquired across a number of languages (e.g., this is the goat that the cows are pushing), and production of non-standard ORs that include resumption is often attested (e.g., Italian; French; English). In addition, starting at age 6, children sta...