Reversing the Approach to Null Subjects: A Perspective from Language Acquisition
| Autor: | Maia Duguine |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Centre de recherche sur la langue et les textes basques (IKER), Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA)-Université Bordeaux Montaigne-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
realization
Computer science Realization (linguistics) radical pro drop syntactic subjects 050105 experimental psychology language variation PSYCHOLOGY omission Hypothesis and Theory Subject (grammar) pro-drop Psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences [SHS.LANGUE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Linguistics General Psychology ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS child language 060201 languages & linguistics discourse-pragmatic explanation 05 social sciences Perspective (graphical) Null (mathematics) 06 humanities and the arts Language acquisition Linguistics checking Language development language acquisition pronouns 0602 languages and literature null subjects case Default - option Natural language Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Psychology Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers, 2017, 8 Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación instname |
| ISSN: | 1664-1078 |
| Popis: | This paper proposes a new model for null subjects, and focuses on its implications for language development. The literature on pro-drop generally considers that not allowing null subjects is, informally speaking, the "default" option in natural languages, and appeals to particular morphosyntactic mechanisms in order to account for those languages in which the subject can be omitted. Shifting the perspective, the inverse approach postulates that pro-drop is (almost) a default grammatical setting, and that non-pro-drop results from the intervention of independent factors that block pro-drop in the derivation. The paper explores the consequences of the inverse approach in the domain of language acquisition, arguing that this model allows to account for a number of properties of child languages. It opens an avenue of research worth exploring, one that could give new solutions to old problems. The present work was made possible through funding from the Basque Government (IT769-13), the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (FFI2014-53675-P, FFI2014-51675REDT), and the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU (UFI11/14). |
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