Author | Pierce, Amy E. author |
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Title | Language Acquisition and Syntactic Theory [electronic resource] : A Comparative Analysis of French and English Child Grammars / by Amy E. Pierce |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1992 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2574-1 |
Descript | XI, 175 p. online resource |
1: Language Acquisition and Syntactic Theory -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Theoretical background -- 1.3 A methodological note -- Notes -- 2: Word Order -- 2.1 Word order in the early grammar of English -- 2.2 Postverbal subjects in the early grammar of French -- 2.3 Case assignment -- 2.4 Summary -- Notes -- 3: Negation -- 3.1 Negation in English child language -- 3.2 Negation in French child language -- 3.3 Comparative summary -- Notes -- 4: Inflectional Affixation -- 4.1 The acquisition of verbal inftection in English -- 4.2 The acquisition of verbal inftection in French -- Notes -- 5: Pronominal Subjects -- 5.1 Background issues -- 5.2 Subject pronouns in French child language -- 5.3 A comparative look at the English data -- Notes -- 6: Null Subjects -- 6.1 Null subjects in French child language -- 6.2 A comparative look at English acquisition -- 6.3 Null subjects over the course of acquisition -- Notes -- 7: Language Change -- 7.1 Change and acquisition in French -- 7.2 Change and acquisition in English -- Notes -- 8: A Comparative Look at Spanish Acquisition -- 8.1 Word order -- 8.2 Negation -- 8.3 Inftectional affixation -- 8.4 Subject pronouns -- Notes -- 9: Conclusion -- References -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects