The Non-Biological Evolution of Grammar: Wh-Question Formation in Germanic

The wh-marking of questions in child English is as early as the appearance of the wh-questions themselves. The wh-marking of questions in child Dutch (and the other Germanic languages) is delayed until the acquisition of articles and free anaphoric pronouns. An acquisition procedure is proposed that...

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Main Author: Jacqueline van Kampen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Biolinguistics 2009-06-01
Series:Biolinguistics
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Online Access:http://biolinguistics.eu/index.php/biolinguistics/article/view/83