Omissions and Overgeneralizations of Reflexive Clitic in the Acquisition of Reflexive Constructions in Croatian as L1

Verb constructions with a reflexive marker are termed “reflexive constructions”. Reflexive in language acquisition research have been studied mainly within formal theoretical framework while focusing on developmental differences comprehension of syntactically bound or free pronominal elements. The present study aimed to determine the pathway Croatian by examining errors that children produce early stages acquisition. Correct and erroneous verb were extracted from spontaneous production three previously recorded transcribed for Corpus Child Language (Kovačević 2003). Errors classified as omissions overgeneralizations further analyzed respect type construction, complexity verb’s argument structure consistency between verb. results showed initially omitted marker, then gradually introduced it into their production, occasionally overextending its use thus producing overgeneralization errors. With age they became more successful constructions. Consistent alongside child-directed speech influenced error rates different types constructions, potential influence needs be further.