Children Acquire Unaccusatives and A-Movement Very Early

João Costa; Naama Friedmann

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199602513.003.0013

Children Acquire Unaccusatives and A-Movement Very Early

João Costa
, Naama Friedmann

School of Education

Tel Aviv University

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Abstract

Structured tasks and the analysis of spontaneous speech are brought to show that children younger than 2 years acquiring Hebrew and European Portuguese distinguish between unaccusatives and unergatives. The evidence shows that children construct A-chains, arguing against the unergative misanalysis of unaccusatives, and in favour of early acquisition of unaccusatives.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Theta System
Subtitle of host publication	Argument Structure at the Interface
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Volume	9780199602513
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191739200
ISBN (Print)	9780199602513
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199602513.003.0013
State	Published - 24 May 2012

Keywords

A-movement
Acquisition
European portuguese
Hebrew
Unaccusative

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General Arts and Humanities

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