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On the "Vulnerability" of Syntactic Domains in Swedish and German
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Bohnacker, Ute – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2007
This article investigates the L2 acquisition of clausal syntax in postpuberty learners of German and Swedish regarding V2, VP headedness, and verb particle constructions. The learner data are tested against L2 theories according to which lower structural projections (VP) are acquired before higher functional projections (IP, CP), VP syntax is…
Descriptors: Verbs, Swedish, Native Speakers, German
Determiner Phrases and the Debate on Functional Categories in Early Child Language.
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Bohnacker, Ute – Language Acquisition, 1997
Addresses phenomena exhibited by young children such as suffixed and free articles, double definiteness, genitives, pronouns, and "nominal style." Shows that analysis of these early data must invoke at least one functional projection above the noun phrase. Findings argue against any claim about the universal absence of functional…
Descriptors: Child Language, Data Analysis, Foreign Countries, Form Classes (Languages)