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Binding principles and ACD constructions in child grammars

Syntax, 2004
.  Antecedent-contained deletion (ACD) constructions have been the focus of much recent literature in linguistic theory. These constructions have been instrumental in arguments against dispensing with the operation of Quantifier Raising (QR) and a level of Logical Form (LF) (e.g., May 1985; Fiengo & May 1994; Fox 1999, 2000).
Hirohisa Kiguchi, Rosalind Thornton
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Backward Versus Forward Anaphora: Reconstruction in Child Grammar

Language Acquisition, 2000
Various cases of backward and forward anaphora are studied in a number of seemingly unrelated constructions and argued to be a manifestation of a unitary principle, namely Principle C of the Binding Theory (Chomsky, 1981; 1986). We point out an unexpected restriction on (forward) anaphora that is argued to be a case in which Principle C operates at the
Maria Teresa Guasti, Gennaro Chierchia
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Clarification and the child's learning of grammar

Language Sciences, 1984
Abstract The notion of clarification in language addressed to children was introduced by Ferguson, following a distinction made by Hockett between what he called frequency and clarity norms. The term is intended by Ferguson to be a descriptive label for some of the characteristics of motherese, but it has functional implications. If mothers ‘clarify’
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Gross Minimality in child grammar

2013
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Cecchetto, Carlo, Donati, Caterina, Guasti, Maria Teresa   +2 more
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QR in Child Grammar: Evidence from Antecedent-Contained Deletion

Language Acquisition, 2009
We show that 4-year-olds assign the correct interpretation to antecedent-contained deletion (ACD) sentences because they have the correct representation of these structures. This representation involves Quantifier Raising (QR) of a Quantificational Noun Phrase (QNP) that must move out of the site of the verb phrase in which it is contained to resolve a
Syrett, Kristen, Lidz, Jeffrey
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Universal Grammar in Child Second Language Acquisition

1994
This book examines child second language acquisition within the Principles and Parameters theory of Universal Grammar (UG). Specifically, the book focuses on null-subjects in the developing grammars of children acquiring English as a second language.
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The transition to grammar in a bilingual child

International Journal of Bilingualism, 1999
Recent work on the transition into grammar in children acquiring English has pointed up the role of rote-learned "positional patterns," arguing that both nativist approaches based on Universal Grammar and constructivist approaches assuming semantic underpinnings are unnecessary or inadequate to account for the data.
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Computations at the interfaces in child grammar

2014
The paper investigates the operations regulating grammar on the basis of experimental child data, and suggests that there are significant computational differences in the acquisition of single interface phenomena and multiple interface phenomena. This finding has direct implications for the precise mechanisms and nature of a learnability account ...
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The acquisition of time talk: relations between child and adult grammars

Journal of Child Language, 1980
ABSTRACTA Reichenbach-type theory is proposed that accounts for a child's early system of temporal reference and relates it directly to the adult system. This theory makes predictions different from those of a competing theory, a strong decentring hypothesis. Experimental results and data from spontaneous speech are examined, and the predictions of the
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Gross Minimality and relative clauses in child grammar

2014
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Cecchetto, Carlo, Donati, Caterina, Guasti, Maria Teresa   +2 more
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