Acquiring the distribution of null and overt direct objects in European Portuguese

This article investigates the L1 acquisition of different types of direct objects in European Portuguese (EP). Previous research has revealed that although children have early syntactic and pragmatic knowledge of objects across languages, the adequate use of pronouns and null objects is protracted i...

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Main Authors: Cristina Flores, Esther Rinke, Aldona Sopata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2020-05-01
Series:Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
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Online Access:https://jpl.letras.ulisboa.pt/articles/239