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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Main Author: | Becker, Misha, 1973- (Author) |
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Other Authors: | Grinstead, John (Editor), Rothman, Jason (Editor) |
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 |
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