Title

Resumptive Pronouns in English Relative Clauses

Authors

Dana McDaniel PhD, University of Southern MaineFollow
Cecile McKee, University of ArizonaFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2001

Publication Title

Language Acquisition

Abstract

We report elicited production & grammaticality judgment data from 3 experiments on the status of resumptive pronouns in English. Taking all the data together, we argue that the children's grammars are nevertheless on target & suggest that their overacceptance reflects parsing considerations. This study thus examined children's acquisition of syntax in light of the development of linguistic processing systems.

Recommended Citation

McDaniel, Dana, and Cecile McKee. "Resumptive Pronouns in English Relative Clauses." Language Acquisition, vol. 9, no. 2, 2001, pp. 113–156.