The study aims to investigate the acquisition of the Greek connectives enό (=while/even though), kaθόs (=while/since) and afu (=after/since), which are ambiguous between a temporal and a non-temporal interpretation, and compare them with the unambiguous temporal όtan (=when). A short-story retell task (i.e. elicited production) was incorporated to answer our research aims. Four child groups aged 5;6, 7;8, 9;10 and 11;6 and a group of adult controls participated in the task. The results showed that the temporal interpretation of the ambiguous connectives is reproduced more than the non-temporal one. Unambiguous όtan is most frequently primed in the younger ages.
Selected papers on theoretical and applied linguistics, Vol 21 (2016): Selected Papers on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics from ISTAL, Thessaloniki 5-7 April 2013