Subject ellipsis in early child English

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 parametri...

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Main Author: Karina Bertolino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2020-10-01
Series:Ilha do Desterro
Subjects:
Missing Subjects
Non-Null-Subject Languages
Parameters
Subject Ellipsis
‘Diary Drop’
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/71899
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spelling doaj-714f8223a6174a9f859c5e75e8552a9b2020-11-25T03:03:04ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaIlha do Desterro 0101-48462175-80262020-10-0173310.5007/2175-8026.2020v73n3p81Subject ellipsis in early child EnglishKarina Bertolino0University of Connecticut 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. https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/71899Missing SubjectsNon-Null-Subject LanguagesParametersSubject Ellipsis‘Diary Drop’
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Subject ellipsis in early child English
Ilha do Desterro
Missing Subjects
Non-Null-Subject Languages
Parameters
Subject Ellipsis
‘Diary Drop’
author_facet Karina Bertolino
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title Subject ellipsis in early child English
title_short Subject ellipsis in early child English
title_full Subject ellipsis in early child English
title_fullStr Subject ellipsis in early child English
title_full_unstemmed Subject ellipsis in early child English
title_sort subject ellipsis in early child english
publisher Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
series Ilha do Desterro
issn 0101-4846
2175-8026
publishDate 2020-10-01
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.
topic Missing Subjects
Non-Null-Subject Languages
Parameters
Subject Ellipsis
‘Diary Drop’
url https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/71899
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