Author | Schรถnenberger, Manuela. author |
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Title | Embedded V-To-C in Child Grammar: The Acquisition of Verb Placement in Swiss German [electronic resource] / by Manuela Schรถnenberger |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2001 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0798-6 |
Descript | XX, 412 p. online resource |
1 General Properties of Swiss German -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Verbal and Nominal System ofSwiss German -- 3 Verb Placement in Swiss German -- 4 The Distribution of Nominals -- 5 Various Analyses ofVerb Placement -- 2 Natural Production Data on Verb Placement in Lucernese -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Survey of Acquisition Literature on Subordination in German and Swiss German -- 3 Verb Placement in the Lucemese Acquisition Data -- 4 Unclear Verb Placement in the Childrenโs Spontaneous Production Data -- 5 Placeholders and Clauses in Which the Complementizer Has Been Omitted -- 6 Summary -- 3 Elicited Data on Verb Placement in Lucernese -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Elicited Answers to Questions -- 3 Elicitation Sessions -- 4 Experimental Data -- 5 Summary -- 4 Natural Production Data on Matrix Clauses -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Moiraโs Matrix Clauses -- 3 Omission of Clause-Initial Constituents in Child Grarnmar -- 4 A Comparision of Matrix Clauses Produced by the Child and the Adult -- 5 Summary -- 5 An Analysis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Summary of the Acquisition Data Presented in Chapter 2 -- 3 Input, Verb-Projection Raising, and Extraposition -- 4 A Critical Re-Examination of the Acquisition Data -- 5 An Analysis -- 6 Conclusions -- 6 Summary and Concluding Remarks -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Appendix III -- Appendix IV -- References