From Pre-Grammaticality to Proficiency in L1: Acquiring and Developing Infinitival Usage in Hebrew

The study traces the developmental route in acquisition and use of infinitives (e.g., lišon ‘to sleep’, le-exol ‘to-eat’, la-asot ’to-do’) in Hebrew as a first language, proceeding from the initial, “pre-grammatical“ emergence of linguistic forms among toddlers to structure-based knowledge and profi...

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Main Author: Berman Ruth A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2018-01-01
Series:Psychology of Language and Communication
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/plc-2018-0025