Subject ellipsis in early child English
English-speaking children are known to omit subjects. Parametric analyses of the phenomenon have the advantage to give a simple answer to why children omit subjects and how they reach an adult grammar: the problem is reduced to a matter of parameter misseting and resetting. However, early parametric...
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| description | English-speaking children are known to omit subjects. Parametric analyses of the phenomenon have the advantage to give a simple answer to why children omit subjects and how they reach an adult grammar: the problem is reduced to a matter of parameter misseting and resetting. However, early parametric analyses of missing subjects were challenged by empirical findings. In this paper, I present a parametric analysis of null subjects in finite clauses. In this analysis, three parameters interact to explain the pattern of subject omission in adult and child language. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-714f8223a6174a9f859c5e75e8552a9b2022-12-22T02:46:45ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaIlha do Desterro0101-48462175-80262020-10-0173310.5007/2175-8026.2020v73n3p81Subject ellipsis in early child EnglishKarina Bertolino0University of ConnecticutEnglish-speaking children are known to omit subjects. Parametric analyses of the phenomenon have the advantage to give a simple answer to why children omit subjects and how they reach an adult grammar: the problem is reduced to a matter of parameter misseting and resetting. However, early parametric analyses of missing subjects were challenged by empirical findings. In this paper, I present a parametric analysis of null subjects in finite clauses. In this analysis, three parameters interact to explain the pattern of subject omission in adult and child language.https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/71899Missing SubjectsNon-Null-Subject LanguagesParametersSubject Ellipsis‘Diary Drop’ |
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| title | Subject ellipsis in early child English |
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| topic | Missing Subjects Non-Null-Subject Languages Parameters Subject Ellipsis ‘Diary Drop’ |
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