Chapter 6. The acquisition of the non-subject status of nominative objects in Japanese
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Tetsuya Sano
, Hiroyuki Shimada und Yoshiki Fujiwara
Abstract
This paper examines the L1 acquisition of the Japanese nominative object construction and discusses its implication for the Universal Phase Requirement (UPR) Hypothesis in Wexler (2004) and Hirsch and Wexler (2007). Although the results of our first experiment could be interpreted as evidence against the UPR Hypothesis, we raise the question of whether this interpretation is legitimate, and discuss what should be considered in a suitable evaluation of the UPR Hypothesis with the nominative object construction. Given the finding in our second experiment, our third experiment provides some preliminary data that suggest that the L1 acquisition of the Japanese nominative object construction may support the UPR Hypothesis.
Abstract
This paper examines the L1 acquisition of the Japanese nominative object construction and discusses its implication for the Universal Phase Requirement (UPR) Hypothesis in Wexler (2004) and Hirsch and Wexler (2007). Although the results of our first experiment could be interpreted as evidence against the UPR Hypothesis, we raise the question of whether this interpretation is legitimate, and discuss what should be considered in a suitable evaluation of the UPR Hypothesis with the nominative object construction. Given the finding in our second experiment, our third experiment provides some preliminary data that suggest that the L1 acquisition of the Japanese nominative object construction may support the UPR Hypothesis.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Studies in Chinese and Japanese Language Acquisition 1
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Part I. Tasks
- Chapter 1. The Truth Value Judgment Task 13
- Chapter 2. Negation, uncertainty, and the Truth Value Judgment Task 41
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Part II. Binding
- Chapter 3. Logophoric z iji in Mandarin child language 65
- Chapter 4. Kare and the acquisition of bound variable interpretations by Korean speaking learners of Japanese 85
- Chapter 5. Interpretation of bound pronouns by learners of Japanese Sign Language 107
- Chapter 6. The acquisition of the non-subject status of nominative objects in Japanese 127
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Part III. Scope Interactions
- Chapter 7. Scrambling and locality constraints in child Japanese 147
- Chapter 8. On scope interaction between subject QPs and negation in child grammar 165
- Chapter 9. Native and non-native comprehension of the Japanese existential quantifier nanko-ka 197
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Part IV. Wh-words and Logical Expressions
- Chapter 10. Free choice and wh -indefinites in child Mandarin 223
- Chapter 11. The acquisition of the wh -pronoun duo-shao in child Mandarin 237
- Chapter 12. Logical expressions in Mandarin-speaking children with autism spectrum disorders 265
- Name Index 281
- Subject Index 285
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Studies in Chinese and Japanese Language Acquisition 1
-
Part I. Tasks
- Chapter 1. The Truth Value Judgment Task 13
- Chapter 2. Negation, uncertainty, and the Truth Value Judgment Task 41
-
Part II. Binding
- Chapter 3. Logophoric z iji in Mandarin child language 65
- Chapter 4. Kare and the acquisition of bound variable interpretations by Korean speaking learners of Japanese 85
- Chapter 5. Interpretation of bound pronouns by learners of Japanese Sign Language 107
- Chapter 6. The acquisition of the non-subject status of nominative objects in Japanese 127
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Part III. Scope Interactions
- Chapter 7. Scrambling and locality constraints in child Japanese 147
- Chapter 8. On scope interaction between subject QPs and negation in child grammar 165
- Chapter 9. Native and non-native comprehension of the Japanese existential quantifier nanko-ka 197
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Part IV. Wh-words and Logical Expressions
- Chapter 10. Free choice and wh -indefinites in child Mandarin 223
- Chapter 11. The acquisition of the wh -pronoun duo-shao in child Mandarin 237
- Chapter 12. Logical expressions in Mandarin-speaking children with autism spectrum disorders 265
- Name Index 281
- Subject Index 285