What Experimental Data Tells Us about the Acquisition of Complementation in Turkish

This paper analyzes the acquisition of complement structures in Turkish, concentrating on the acquisition of object complements formed with the nominalizers -mAK, -mA, -DIK & -(y)AcAK. Experimental tasks were carried out with 42 children between the ages 3;0 & 6;5, There were different experiments assessing children's production, comprehension & imitation of complementation. The order of acquisition among the nominalizing suffixes was investigated. The role of matrix verbs in the choice of the nominalizing suffix is discussed. Graphs, References. Adapted from the source document