Bilingual First Language Acquisition
French and German grammatical development
1st Edition
Published on 6. September 1994
VI, 282 pages
978-90-272-8497-6 (ISBN)
Description
The contributions in this volume are based on an analysis of data from bilingual children acquiring French and German simultaneously. The longitudinal studies started at approximately age one year and six months and continued till age six.
The papers focus on the development of specific grammatical phenomena; explanations are given within the framework of the Principle and Parameter approach. The study is primarily concerned with the acquisition of so-called 'functional categories' and the consequences of their acquisition for the development of grammar. Specific points dealt with in these papers include: gender, number and case and their internal structure (DP vs NP); inflection and its consequences for agreement marking; and word order phenomena (subject-raising constructions (incl. passives), word order in subordinate clauses).
The basic hypothesis underlying this study is that early child grammars consist only of lexical categories and that functional categories are implemented later in the child's grammar. How this happens exactly is the central issue explored in this book.
The papers focus on the development of specific grammatical phenomena; explanations are given within the framework of the Principle and Parameter approach. The study is primarily concerned with the acquisition of so-called 'functional categories' and the consequences of their acquisition for the development of grammar. Specific points dealt with in these papers include: gender, number and case and their internal structure (DP vs NP); inflection and its consequences for agreement marking; and word order phenomena (subject-raising constructions (incl. passives), word order in subordinate clauses).
The basic hypothesis underlying this study is that early child grammars consist only of lexical categories and that functional categories are implemented later in the child's grammar. How this happens exactly is the central issue explored in this book.
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Content
- BILINGUAL FIRST LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
- Editorial page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Table of contents
- Preface On the Initial States of Language Acquisition
- Acquiring German and French in a Bilingual Setting
- References
- The DUFDE Project
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Design of the Study
- 3. Data Collection
- 4. Transcriptions
- 5. Mean Length of Utterance (MLU)
- 6. Computer Analysis
- 7. Children Studied in this Volume
- Notes
- Bibliography
- References
- DUFDE studies
- The Acquisition of Gender and Number Morphology within NP
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Theoretical Framework
- 3. The Gender and Number Systems in French and German
- 4. The Acquisition of Gender and Number in a Bilingual Child
- 5. Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Gender and Number Agreement within DP
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Gender and Number as AGR-Features of DET
- 3. The Availability of Functional Categories in Child Grammar
- 4. The Analysis
- 5. Early Grammars without DET
- 6. The Integration of DET into Child Grammar
- Appendix
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- References
- Getting FAT: Finiteness, Agreement and Tense in Early Grammars
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Some Properties of the Mature Grammars
- 3. The Emergence of Grammar
- 4. The Emergence of Agreement
- 5. And What about Tense?
- 6. The Role of Finiteness in Developing Grammars
- 7. The Architecture of Early Grammars
- 8. Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- References
- More about INFL-ection and Agreement: The Acquisition of Clitic Pronouns in French
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Some Preliminary Assumptions about Adult Grammar: The Status of Clitic Pronouns in French
- 3. Predictions for the Acquisition of Clitic Pronouns in French
- 4. Clitics in Child Language
- 5. Discussion of the Results
- 6. Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- References
- Case Assignment and Functional Categories in Bilingual Children: Routes of Development and Implications for Linguistic Theory
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Theoretical Background
- 3. Subjects and Data
- 4. Discussion
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- References
- NP-Movement and Subject Raising
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Theoretical Background
- 3. NP-movement in Early Child Language
- 4. The Data
- 5. Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- References
- Parameters Cannot Be Reset: Evidence from the Development of COMP
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Functional Categories in Child Grammar
- 3. The Analysis
- 4. Early Child Grammar without COMP
- 5. The Integration of COMP
- 6. Discussion
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- References
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
