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PROCESSING LOAD AND THE EXTENDED OPTIONAL INFINITIVE STAGE
Author(s) -
Brunger Karen,
Henry Alison
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.3109/13682829809179462
Subject(s) - infinitive , psychology , verb , linguistics , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , communication , philosophy
Spontaneous language data from fifteen language‐impaired children in the Extended Optional Infinitive stage of morphosyntactic development are examined with respect to processing load. Clauses with a target finite verb form are categorised according to finiteness and their preverbal constituents. Patterns of occurrence are discussed with regard to the Optional Infinitive framework itself and the implications for remediation.