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Beyond the syntax of the Null Subject Parameter
2006This study investigates whether and how English-speaking L2 learners at various proficiency levels acquire the morphosyntactic and discourse-pragmatic properties of subject expression in Spanish. The crucial question is whether discourse-pragmatic properties are acquired together with syntactic features or later in the process of interlanguage ...
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The Scandinavian languages and the null-subject parameter
Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 1987The null-subject parameter divides the Scandinavian languages in two groups. On the one hand, we find Icelandic and Faroese, which can have null-subjects with dummy interpretation in tensed clauses. On the other hand, we have Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, where null-subjects are not found in tensed clauses.
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Two Italian Dialects and the Null Subject Parameter
1989Ever since the elaboration of the theory of Government and Binding (Chomsky 1981, 1982) within the parametric conception of Universal Grammar, one of the most debated topics in syntactic theory has been the appropriate definition of the set of properties which together constitute the NULL SUBJECT PARAMETER.
Cordin, Patrizia, L. Brandi
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The Null Subject Parameter in Language Acquisition
1989Within a parameterized theory of grammar such as that proposed within the Government/Binding Theory of Chomsky (1981), grammatical development is viewed as a process whereby the child ‘fixes’ the parameters of Universal Grammar (UG) at the values which are appropriate for the particular adult language he is to acquire.
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The core content of the Null Subject Parameter
2013Introduction The notion of a macro-parameter suggests that several grammatical properties should cluster together around one core property, a conception that facilitates language acquisition (see Hyams, 1986, 1992; Liceras, 1989; Hyams and Wexler, 1993, among others) and makes fairly strict predictions about sequence of acquisition, possible and ...
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Null subjects: A problem for parameter-setting models of language acquisition
Cognition, 1990Some languages, like English, require overt surface subjects, while others, like Italian and Spanish, allow "null" subjects. How does the young child determine whether or not her language allows null subjects? Modern parameter-setting theory has proposed a solution, in which the child begins acquisition with the null subject parameter set for either ...
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Morphological uniformity and the null subject parameter in adult SLA
Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1996An area of keen interest in applying Chomsky's UG parameter-setting model to SLA has been the Pro-Drop or Null Subject Parameter (Cyrino, 1986; Hilles, 1986; Phinney, 1987; White, 1985, 1986). However, the nature of this parameter changes dramatically from the Jaeggli (1982) and Rizzi (1982) conception with Jaeggli and Safir's (1989) proposal linking ...
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Universal Grammar Theory and Language Acquisition: Evidence from the Null Subject Parameter
International Journal of Linguistics, 2017This article introduces the Universal-Grammar-based (UG) theory of language acquisition. It focuses on parameters, both as a theoretical construct and in relation to first-language acquisition (L1A). The null subject parameter is used to illustrate how languages vary and explain how a child’s grammar develops into adult grammar over time.
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Categories in the Parameters Perspective: Null Subjects and V-to-I
1993The primary aim of this work is to provide an account for the null subject and V-to-I parameters and for their interaction. The data considered are the standard ones in Rizzi (1982) for null subjects, and in Pollock (1989) for V-to-I (in finite sentences). Our discussion is articulated in three sections.
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