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The Initial Hypothesis of Syntax
A Minimalist Perspective on Language Acquisition and Attrition
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Christer Platzack
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Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Tables and Figures vii
- Abbreviations xi
- Contributors xiii
- Introduction xv
- The Optional-Infinitive Stage in Child English 1
- Towards a Structure-Building Model of Acquisition 43
- The Underspecification of Functional Categories in Early Grammar 91
- Lexical Learning in Early Syntactic Development 129
- Strong Continuity, Parameter Setting and the Trigger Hierarchy 161
- Subject-Verb and Object-Verb Agreement in Early Basque 201
- Acquisition of Italian Interrogatives 241
- Root Infinitives, Clitics and Truncated Structures 271
- On the Acquisition of Subject and Object Clitics in French 309
- Clitics in L2 French 335
- The Initial Hypothesis of Syntax 369
- The Role of Merger Theory and Formal Features in Acquisition 415
- How, Hang on a Minute 451
- Index of Names 487
- Index of Subjects 495
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Tables and Figures vii
- Abbreviations xi
- Contributors xiii
- Introduction xv
- The Optional-Infinitive Stage in Child English 1
- Towards a Structure-Building Model of Acquisition 43
- The Underspecification of Functional Categories in Early Grammar 91
- Lexical Learning in Early Syntactic Development 129
- Strong Continuity, Parameter Setting and the Trigger Hierarchy 161
- Subject-Verb and Object-Verb Agreement in Early Basque 201
- Acquisition of Italian Interrogatives 241
- Root Infinitives, Clitics and Truncated Structures 271
- On the Acquisition of Subject and Object Clitics in French 309
- Clitics in L2 French 335
- The Initial Hypothesis of Syntax 369
- The Role of Merger Theory and Formal Features in Acquisition 415
- How, Hang on a Minute 451
- Index of Names 487
- Index of Subjects 495
