Resumptive elements aid comprehension of object relative clauses: evidence from Persian

Rahmany, Ramin; Marefat, Hamideh; Kidd, Evan

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“…We used a modified version of Brandt, Kidd, Lieven, and Tomasello's (2009) referent selection task (see also Rahmany, Marefat & Kidd, 2014). In the task, children are introduced to four animals that are placed on a table in four locations equidistant from a central video camera that protrudes from a hole cut in the table (see Figure 1).…”

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Four-year-old Cantonese-speaking children's online processing of relative clauses: a permutation analysis

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We report on an eye-tracking study that investigated four-year-old Cantonese-speaking children's online processing of subject and object relative clauses (RCs). Children's eye-movements were recorded as they listened to RC structures identifying a unique referent (e.g. "Can you pick up the horse that pushed the pig?"). Two RC types, classifier (CL) and ge3 RCs, were tested in a between-participants design. The two RC types differ in their syntactic analyses and frequency of occurrence, providing an important point of comparison for theories of RC acquisition and processing. A permutation analysis showed that the two structures were processed differently: CL RCs showed a significant object-over-subject advantage, whereas ge3 RCs showed the opposite effect. This study shows that children can have different preferences even for two very similar RC structures within the same language, suggesting that syntactic processing preferences are shaped by the unique features of particular constructions both within and across different linguistic typologies.

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“…2. Structural simplicity/complexity: In addition to simple structures, we considered complex structures presumably comprehended later (Rahmany , Marefat, & Kidd, 2011, 2013. 3.…”

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“…It is worth noting here that most developmental studies in Persian have been conducted on production, and litt le research is available on comprehension of syntax by children (Rahmany e t al., 2011(Rahmany e t al., , 2013. 3 -Empirical evidence for the target groups of this test was collected and their tasks were reviewed (Chapman & Kohn, 1978;Rahmany et al, 2011Rahmany et al, , 2013van der Lely & Harris, 1990). 4 -Th e clinical experience of the research team was considered.…”

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“…Both linguists and speech experts were interviewed in order to consider theoretical views and clinical issues. 7 -Tasks in Persian were based on previous studies (Rahmany et al, 2011(Rahmany et al, , 2013. Th e Persian version of the bilingual aphasia test (Paradis, P aribakht, & Nilipour, 1987), the English version of the Test of Language Development-Primary: 3rd Edition (TOLD-P: 3) (Newcomer & Hammill, 1997), and the Test for Reception of Grammar-Version 2 (TROG-2) (Bishop,200 3) were also reviewed to extract the structures.…”

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Generation and Content Validation of a Persian Syntax Comprehension Test

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Psychology of Language and Communication

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Lack of formal tests for assessing Persian language profi ciency is one of the main problems for speech and language pathologists in Iran. Th e purpose of this study was to generate an item pool for a syntax comprehension test based on the characteristics of the Persian language and Iranian culture, as well as the spoken variant for 4-6 years old native Persian speaking children. We fi rst extracted 41 syntactic structures of Persian for the syntax comprehension test, of which 8 structures were excluded in the fi rst phase. Th en, 198 items were developed for the remaining 33 syntactic structures. To determine content validity, 14 experts assessed the structures and 12 experts expressed their views on the items. Content Validity Ratio (CVR) was calculated. 24 structures with CVR > 0.50 were selected. 107 items were selected based on their CVR value (CVR > 0.47). Eleven new items were regenerated to replace items with a CVR below 0.47. According to the results, the test turned out to have a good content validity.

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“…The other factor that reduces the object relative clause comprehension difficulty is a resumption in the Farsi relative clause sentences. Rahmany et al (2014) investigated the role of resumption in the interpretation of object relative clauses in L1 Farsi children. They applied a referent selection task in their experiment to test comprehension of subject relative clauses, object relative clause with a gap, and object relative clauses containing a resumptive pronoun or an enclitic.…”

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Processing and comprehension of L2 English relative clauses by Farsi speakers

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I would like to thank them for their insightful feedback and suggestions for my presentation skills.Many thanks to my colleagues at the offices in the Harmony building, who have supported me and had to put up with my stresses and moans for the past four years and I am also grateful to the colleagues in the building OBS 23 for creating a quiet place for my eye-tracking experiments. Appreciation is due to Mrs Wubbolts, GSH coordinator, for preparing a suitable space in the OBS building as a private eye lab for me.I am deeply grateful to Dr Zohre Shiamizadeh for her insightful comments and for checking the relative clause sentences and the categories in the Farsi corpus. My gratitude extends to Sofia Bimpikou, Ting Huang, Floor van den Berg, Hongying Peng, Suzanne Dekker, and Sara Shoghi Javan for their participation in my pilot studies and their excellent helpful suggestions.I am grateful to the Iranian postgraduate students and my bachelor students studying Language in the Mind (B1, 2019) in the European Languages Department at the University of Groningen, who sacrificed their time for their participation in eye-tracking experiments. Appreciation is due to Iranians in Groningen and Iran who volunteered in helping me conduct my surveys in English and Farsi and recruiting participants I would like to thank my friends in Groningen for their hospitality and for recruiting participants for my several experiments: Beyda

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Resumptive elements aid comprehension of object relative clauses: evidence from Persian

Cited by 6 publications

References 31 publications

Four-year-old Cantonese-speaking children's online processing of relative clauses: a permutation analysis

Four-year-old Cantonese-speaking children's online processing of relative clauses: a permutation analysis

Generation and Content Validation of a Persian Syntax Comprehension Test

Processing and comprehension of L2 English relative clauses by Farsi speakers

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