Subjectless Sentences in Child Language MIT无主句在儿童语言麻省理工学院.pptVIP

Subjectless Sentences in Child Language Paul Bloom 1990 Presented by Jodi Davenport * Hug Mommy. Play bed. Writing book. See running. Why do children drop the subjects from sentences? Grammatical / Knowledge Theory Processing Theory Children have the same grammar as adults, they drop subjects due to performance factors. (Bloom, this paper) Children represent different grammars than adults. Children may all start out with a grammar dropping the subject (as in Spanish or Italian), and later switch their grammar. (Hyams et.al. 1986). Evidence for Processing Theory Length limitations occurs ev