?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Simple+principles+for+a+complex+output%3A+An+experiment+in+early+syntactic+development&rft.creator=Parisse%2C+Christophe&rft.subject=Language&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Syntax&rft.description=A+set+of+iterative+mechanisms%2C+the+Three-Step+Algorithm%2C+is+proposed+to+account+for+the+burst+in+the+syntactic+capacities+of+children+over+age+two.+These+mechanisms+are+based+on+the+children%C2%92s+perception%2C+memory%2C+elementary+rule-like+behavior+and+cognitive+capacities%2C+and+do+not+require+any+specific+innate+grammatical+capacities.+The+relevance+of+the+Three-Step+Algorithm+is+tested%2C+using+the+large+Manchester+corpus+in+the+CHILDES+database.+The+results+show+that+80%25+of+the+utterances+can+be+exactly+reconstructed+and+that%2C+when+incomplete+reconstructions+are+taken+into+account%2C+94%25+of+all+utterances+are+reconstructed.+The+Three-Step+Algorithm+should+be+followed+by+the+progressive+acquisition+of+syntactic+categories+and+use+of+slot-and-frame+structures+which+lead+to+a+greater+and+more+complex+linguistic+mastery.&rft.date=2001-09&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2086%2F3%2FCP-3step.pdf&rft.identifier=++Parisse%2C+Christophe++(2001)+Simple+principles+for+a+complex+output%3A+An+experiment+in+early+syntactic+development.+++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2086%2F