List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1 General Introduction
1.1Background of the research
1.2The significance of the research
1.3Motivation of the research
1.4Organization of the book
Chapter 2 The Theoretical Issues
2.1The syntax of Mandarin RCs
2.2Accounts for the deficit in children with SLI
2.2.1Representational Accounts
2.2.2Processing accounts
2.2.3Procedural Deficit Hypothesis
2.3Research hypothesis
2.3.1The edge feature underspecification hypothesis
2.3.2Why the edge Features
2.3.3Predictions of the hypothesis
2.4Summary
Chapter 3 The Production of Relative Clauses
3.1Previous studies on the production of head-initial RCs in TD children
3.2Previous studies on the production of Mandarin RCs in TD children
3.3Previous studies on the production of RCs in children with SLI
3.3.1Impairment in syntactic movement
3.3.2Impairment in thematic assignment
3.3.3Impaired implicit learning mechanisms
3.3.4The Animacy of the Relative Clause head
3.3.5The passive object relative clause
3.4Condition 1 of experiment 1:Reversible subject and object RCs
3.4.1Method
3.4.2Results
3.4.3Discussion
3.5Condition 2 of experiment 1:Reversible passive object R Cs
3.5.1Research questions
3.5.2Method
3.5.3Results
3.5.4Discussion
3.6Condition 3 of experiment 1:Irreversible subject and object RCs
3.6.1Research questions
3.6.2Method
3.6.3Results
3.6.4Discussion
3.7Experiment 2:Priming production task
3.7.1Research questions
3.7.2Method
3.7.3Results
3.7.4Discussion
3.8Summary
Chapter 4 The Comprehension of Relative Clauses
4.1Previous studies on the Relative Clause comprehension in TD children
4.2Previous studies on the Relative Clause comprehension in children with SLI
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Chapter 5 The Repetition of Relative Clauses
Chapter 6 General Discussion
Conclusion
References
Appendices
Acknowledgments
