Who "it" is influences what "it" does: Discourse effects on children's syntactic parsing
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DOI: 10.1111/cogs.13076
Abstract: Children often interpret first noun phrases (NP1s) as agents, which improves comprehension of actives but hinders passives. While children sometimes withhold the agent-first bias, the reasons remain unclear. The current study tests the hypothesis that… read more here.
Keywords: agent first; influences discourse; discourse effects; effects children ... See more keywords