Acquisition of non-canonical word orders in Mandarin Chinese

To better understand Mandarin-speaking children’s acquisition of non-canonical word orders, we tested comprehension and production of Mandarin non-canonical active ba-construction and passive bei-construction, in comparison with canonical active SVO sentences among 180 children between three and 6 y...

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Main Authors: Yue Ji, Li Sheng, Li Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1006148/full