Generative linguistics and acquisition : studies in honor of Nina M. Hyams / edited by Misha Becker, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ; John Grinstead, the Ohio State University, Columbus ; Jason Rothman, University of Florida, Gainesville.

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)
Other Authors: Grinstead, John (Editor), Rothman, Jason (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2013]
Series:Language acquisition & language disorders.
Subjects:
Generative grammar.
Language acquisition.
English language > Acquisition.
Language Development
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