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An established finding in the first language acquisition literature is that in interpreting anaphora in control structures such as (1), children frequently assign object control in sentences with ‘promise’ such as (1a) as well as in sentences with ‘tell’ such as (1b). That is, children age 3–10 frequently interpret sentences such as (la) and (lb) as though Bill, the main-clause indirect object, would leave, even though in sentences with ‘promise’ such as (1a) it is John, the main-clause subject which is correct.
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Sherman, J.C. (1987). Evidence against a Minimum Distance Principle in First Language Acquisition of Anaphora. In: Lust, B. (eds) Studies in the Acquisition of Anaphora. Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3387-3_5
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