Interactions Between the Acquisition of French Object Drop and the Development of the C-System.

Muller, Natascha

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Publication Date: 1996

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Interactions Between the Acquisition of French Object Drop and the Development of the C-System.

Muller, Natascha

Language Acquisition, v5 n1 p35-63 1996

Analyzes the speech of a German-French bilingual boy and observes two major developmental phases: (1) one characterized by object drop similar to that seen in Chinese; and (2) one characterized by the acquisition of the object clitic paradigm and a shift to an adult-like morphological licensing mechanism. (84 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Chinese, Developmental Stages, French, German, Grammar, Hypothesis Testing, Second Language Learning, Speech Communication, Tables (Data), Toddlers

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