To What Extent Does Split Intransitivity of the Adult Target Affect Children’s Emerging Verb Patterns?

The Unaccusative Hypothesis has produced several diagnoses for determining whether a given intransitive verb is unaccusative or unergative. While some are suggested to be language-specific, like ne in Italian or pleonastic “there” in English, others have a wider application, such as the distribution...

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Main Author: John M. Ryan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Athens Institute for Education and Research 2014-01-01
Series:Athens Journal of Humanities & Arts
Online Access:http://www.atiner.gr/journals/humanities/2014-1-1-1-RYAN.pdf