Children's passive: A view from the by-phrase
Children's passive: A view from the by-phrase
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DOI：
10.1162/002438998553761
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发表时间：
1998-03-01
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Grodzinsky, Y
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作者：
Fox, D;Grodzinsky, Y
This article argues that children's difficulty with passive constructions is related to properties of the by-phrase. Specifically, we argue that children are in full control of all aspects of the passive construction except for the ability to transmit the external theta-role of the predicate to the by-phrase; we thus reject Borer and Wexler's (1987) claim regarding the maturation of A-chains. Our conclusion is dictated by the results of an experiment we conducted, and supported by data already present in the literature.
