Null Subject Occurrence in Monolingual Spanish SLI: A Discriminant Function Analysis

Background: Child Spanish-speakers appear to use more null subjects than do adults. Null subject use, like the use of tense marking, is sensitive to discourse-pragmatics. Because tense marking has been used to identify child Spanish-speakers with specific language impairment (SLI) with near good sen...

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Main Authors: John Grinstead, Paij Lintz, Amy Pratt, Mariana Vega-Mendoza, Juliana De la Mora, Myriam Cantú-Sánchez, Blanca Flores-Avalos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-05-01
Series:Languages
Subjects:
SLI
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/3/2/17