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@article{item_1556131,
title = {{The acquisition of finite complement clauses in English: A corpus-based analysis}},
author = {Diessel, Holger and Tomasello, Michael},
language = {eng},
doi = {10.1515/cogl.12.2.97},
year = {2001},
date = {2001-12},
abstract = {{This article examines the development of finite complement clauses in the speech of seven English-speaking children aged 1;2 to 5;2. It shows that in most of children{\textquotesingle}s complex utterances that seem to include a finite complement clause, the main clause does not express a full proposition; rather, it functions as an epistemic marker, attention getter, or marker of illocutionary force. The whole construction thus contains only a single proposition expressed by the apparent complement clause. As children grow older, some of the {\textquotedblleft}main clauses{\textquotedblright} become more substantial and new complement-taking verbs emerge that occur with truly embedded complement clauses. However, since the use of these constructions is limited to only a few verbs, we argue that they are not yet licensed by a general schema or rule; rather, they are {\textquotedblleft}constructional islands{\textquotedblright} organized around individual verbs.}},
journal = {{Cognitive Linguistics}},
volume = {12},
number = {2},
pages = {97--142},
}