Open AccessMecanismos cognitivos envolvidos na aquisição e processamento de construções passivas
Author(s) -
Rosângela Gabriel
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
cadernos de estudos lingüísticos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2447-0686
pISSN - 0102-5767
DOI - 10.20396/cel.v45i0.8637019
Subject(s) - comprehension , variation (astronomy) , psychology , linguistics , portuguese , subject (documents) , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , computer science , philosophy , physics , library science , astrophysics
In this article hypothesis of how children acquire the passive constructions are discussed. Furthermore, results of four studies testing comprehension and production of passives in children and adults speakers of English and Portuguese are described, showing that the proportion of passives usage presents significant variation depending on the subject native language and age.