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Passive Construction Acquisition

Passive Construction Acquisition is a theoretical construct in syntactic development that specifies the cognitive and linguistic mechanisms underlying the mastery of passive sentence structures in first language acquisition.

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2017–2026

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Effects of Textual Enhancement and Topic Familiarity on Korean EFL Students' Reading Comprehension and Learning of Passive Form

Sang‐Ki Lee · Language Learning · 2007 · 255 citations

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How Known Constructions Influence the Acquisition of Other Constructions: The German Passive and Future Constructions

Kirsten Abbot‐Smith, Heike Behrens · Cognitive Science · 2006 · 231 citations · Full text

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Subject, topic and Sesotho passive

Katherine Demuth · Journal of Child Language · 1990 · 231 citations

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More individual differences in language attainment: How much do adult native speakers of English know about passives and quantifiers?

James A. Street, Ewa Dąbrowska · Lingua · 2010 · 229 citations

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How Children Constrain Their Argument Structure Constructions

Patricia J. Brooks, Michael Tomasello · Language · 1999 · 227 citations

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Authors

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  1. PJ
    Patricia J. Brooks

    College of Staten Island, United States

    5 publications · 802 citations

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  2. MT
    Michael Tomasello

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    5 publications · 651 citations

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  3. TM
    Theodoros Marinis

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 171 citations

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  4. KD
    Katherine Demuth

    Macquarie University, Australia

    3 publications · 290 citations

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  5. MK
    Melissa Kline

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    2 publications · 59 citations

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  1. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    882 citations

  2. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    834 citations

  3. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    312 citations

  4. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    231 citations

  5. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    284 citations

  6. Macquarie University

    Sydney, Australia

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    182 citations

  7. UCL Australia

    Adelaide, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    98 citations

  8. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    155 citations

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  1. Journal of Child Language

    11 publications · 920 citations

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  2. Language Acquisition

    4 publications · 272 citations

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  3. First Language

    4 publications · 386 citations

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  5. Cognitive Science

    3 publications · 271 citations

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