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Chapter 6. The acquisition of the non-subject status of nominative objects in Japanese

  • Tetsuya Sano , Hiroyuki Shimada und Yoshiki Fujiwara
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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.

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