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      The acquisition of relative clauses by Mandarin heritage language children

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      Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism
      John Benjamins Publishing Company

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          Abstract

          This study examined the phenomena of incomplete acquisition, attrition, and protracted acquisition of the L1 in HL children by focusing on the comprehension and production of subject and object relative clauses (RCs) in Mandarin HL children. A cross-sectional design (study 1) and a longitudinal design (study 2) were both included. Our results showed that HL children were comparable to monolinguals for the comprehension of RCs in both study 1 and 2. For the production of RCs, although monolinguals outperformed HL children in study 1, HL children’s production of RCs was convergent with monolingual-like levels over time (study 2). We conclude that the reduced L1 input HL children receive in the host country does not necessarily lead to deficient acquisition of the L1. Perhaps for some complex structures in the L1 (e.g., RCs), HL children may need more time than monolingual children to accumulate the critical mass of input needed to acquire them.

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                Journal
                Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism
                LAB
                John Benjamins Publishing Company
                1879-9264
                1879-9272
                April 17 2020
                April 17 2020
                April 17 2020
                March 12 2018
                : 10
                : 2
                : 153-183
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Department of Linguistics, University of Alberta
                Article
                10.1075/lab.16015.jia
                ed5cedf3-e0f1-4fcf-83e2-79606d4e7602
                © 2018
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