Null Subjects and Objects in Child English

• 영문명: Null Subjects and Objects in Child English
• 발행기관: 한국영어어문교육학회
• 저자명: Ho Han
• 간행물 정보: 『영어어문교육』영어어문교육 제10권 2호, 25~42쪽, 전체 18쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2004.08.01

영문 초록

This paper explores some possible interpretations of null subject/object in child language, pointing out some potential problems in recent works within the minimalist framework and suggesting different views on it. Particularly, we will focus on how to identify and/or license null objects, since most of the studies relevant to this issue have accounted for null subjects only. Discussing the results of the studies on child language data, we will show that previous syntactic explanations on null subjects, which have seemed quite attractive and refined, may not hold when accounting for null objects and various aspects and properties of null arguments in those child languages. In doing so, we will suggest and support a performance-based account, a discourse-based account, and a markedness account.

목차

Abstract

Ⅰ. Introduction

Ⅱ. Syntactic Accounts of Null Subject Sentences

Ⅲ. Critical Comments on the Minimalist Account

Ⅳ. Alternative Explanations

Ⅴ. Concluding Remarks

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