Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ431418
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Publication Date: 1991
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Constraints on Parameter Setting: A Grammatical Analysis of Some Acquisition Stages in German Child Language.
Clahsen, Harald
Language Acquisition, v1 n4 p361-91 1990-91
Argues that to improve the parameter model as a theory of language acquisition it has to be constrained in several ways. Results on the acquisition of subject-verb agreement, verb placement, empty subjects, and negation in German child language are presented. (55 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Child Language, German, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Theory, Models, Negative Forms (Language), Verbs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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