Odnosne rečenice bez pomaka i traga: proizvodnja odnosnih rečenica kod djece s posebnim jezičnim teškoćama
Relative clauses without movement and trace: production of relative clauses in children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI)

Summary/Abstract: Embedded subordinate clauses such as relative clauses belong to the final stage of language development in children and are, therefore, highly debated within psycholinguistics. According to the generative theory, a number of syntactic procedures are required in order to comprehend or produce these structures; e.g. syntactic movement and trace, thematic role assignment to the moved element and co–indexing elements of the relative clause. The acquisition of these structures is late, at the early school age. For children with SLI relative clauses are an insurmountable challenge. This study shows significant differences in the production of relative clauses in children with SLI, which emphasize the diagnostic value of these syntactic structures.

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