@article{article_698824, title={A Developmental Study of the Turkish Connectives}, journal={Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi}, volume={31}, pages={77–100}, year={2020}, DOI={10.18492/dad.698824}, author={Oğuz, Enis and Özge, Duygu}, keywords={Turkish, connective acquisition, connective types}, abstract={<p>Connectives present an interesting phenomenon; while even 3-year-olds can produce them accurately, the real mastery of understanding their meaning takes much time in language acquisition. We tested the comprehension of temporal, causal, and adversative connectives in 184 Turkish-speaking primary-school children and 20 Turkish-speaking adults. Our results demonstrated that high-achieving 5-graders show an adult-like performance. Regarding the type of the connective, temporal connectives posed greater challenge for children compared to causal and adversative connectives. We explain these results in light of the multi-dimensional account of connective acquisition. </p> <p> <br /> </p> <p>An Erratum to this article was published on 30 December 2020. <a href="http://dad.boun.edu.tr/en/pub/issue/58756/849534">http://dad.boun.edu.tr/en/pub/issue/58756/849534 </a> <br /> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Dilbilim Derneği} }