Relative Clause Structure, Relative Clause Perception, and the Change from SOV to SVO

This study presents a view of diachronic change in language which focuses on the conflicting interaction of principles determining language organization. Principles of structural and perceptual nature are in conflict in language of the Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) type, because of the relative clause c...

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Published inCognition Vol. 7; no. 2; p. 145
Main Author Antinucci, Francesco
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.06.1979
Subjects
Cognitive Processes
Language Acquisition
Language Patterns
Language Universals
Linguistic Difficulty (Inherent)
Linguistic Theory
Perception
Psycholinguistics
Relative Clauses
Research Reviews (Publications)
Sentence Diagraming
Sentence Structure
Syntax
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Summary:This study presents a view of diachronic change in language which focuses on the conflicting interaction of principles determining language organization. Principles of structural and perceptual nature are in conflict in language of the Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) type, because of the relative clause construction. Theoretical and empirical evidence is reviewed. (Author/RD)