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complement syntax hypothesis: a standalone construct

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Developmental psychology

the proposal that mastering sentential complements, as in 'she thinks that...', gives children the representational format needed for false-belief reasoning.

In developmental psychology, complement syntax hypothesis refers to the proposal that mastering sentential complements, as in 'she thinks that...', gives children the representational format needed for false-belief reasoning. This meaning comes from de Villiers (2002) in Cognitive Development.[1]

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  1. de Villiers, J. G., & Pyers, J. E. (2002). Complements to cognition: a longitudinal study of the relationship between complex syntax and false-belief-understanding. Cognitive Development, 17(1), 1037-1060. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0885-2014(02)00073-4

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