Language Acquisition and Syntactic Theory A Comparative Analysis of
The theory of language acquisition is a young but increasingly active field. Language Acquisition and Syntactic Theory presents one of the first detailed studies of comparative syntax acquisition. It is informed by the view that linguists and acquisitioni
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STUDIES IN THEORETICAL PSYCHOLINGUISTICS VOLUME 14
Managing Editors Thomas Roeper, Dept. of Linguistics, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Kenneth Wexler, Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Science, MIT, Cambridge, Mass.
Editorial Board Robert Berwick, Artificallntelligence Laboratory, MIT, Cambridge, Mass. Manfred Bierwisch, Zentralinstitutfur Sprachwissenscha/t, Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin Merrill Garrett, University of Arizona, Tucson Lila GIeitman, School of Education, University of Pennsylvania Mary-Louise Kean, University of California at Irvine Howard Lasnik, University of Connecticut at Storrs John Marshall, Neuropsychology Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford Daniel Osherson, M.I. T.. Cambridge. Mass. Yukio Otsu, University, Tokyo Edwin Williams, Princeton University
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
AMY E. PIERCE
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND SYNTACTIC THEORY A Comparative Analysis of French and English Child Grammars
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Pierce, Amy E. Language acquisition and syntactic theory: a comparative analysis of French and English child grammars I Amy E. Pierce. p. em. -- (Studies in theoretical psycholinguistics ; v. 14) Revision of author's thesis (doctoral--1989). "October, 1991." Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7923-1553-7 (acid free paper) 1. Language acquisition. 2. Grammar, Comparative and general-Syntax. 3. French language--Grammar, Conparative--English. 4. English language--Grammar, Comparative--French. I. Title. II. Series. P118. P49 1992 91-38522 401 .. 93--dc20
ISBN 0-7923-1553-7
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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CHAPTER I: LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND SYNTACTIC THEORY 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Theoretical background
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1.2.1 The VP-intemal subject hypothesis 1.2.2 Inflectional affixation in French and English 1.2.3 The economy of derivation framework
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1.3 A methodological note
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Notes
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CHAPTER 2: WORD ORDER
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2.1 Word order in the early grammar of English
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2.1.1 Background 2.1.2 Unaccusative verbs 2.1.3 The data
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2.2 Postverbal subjects in the early grammar of French 2.2.1 Background 2.2.2 The da
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