Generative linguistics and acquisition : studies in honor of Nina M. Hyams /
This paper proposes a new theory of why null-subjects of finite verbs are produced by young children developing a non-null-subject language. We first show that one of the extant theories, Topic-Drop, isn't supported. Modifying ideas proposed in Rizzi (2006), we assume that finite null-subjects...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
[2013]
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Series: | Language acquisition & language disorders.
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Online Access: | CONNECT |
Summary: | This paper proposes a new theory of why null-subjects of finite verbs are produced by young children developing a non-null-subject language. We first show that one of the extant theories, Topic-Drop, isn't supported. Modifying ideas proposed in Rizzi (2006), we assume that finite null-subjects arise in the specifier of a root TP, and may be null as the result of phasal computation. But we reject the idea that the selection of a root is an arbitrary, parametric process. Using new work in syntactic theory that relates information structure (namely undistinguished subjects) to root Tense Phrases. |
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Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 359 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9789027272263 9027272263 |