Dummy auxiliaries in first and second language acquisition / edited by Elma Blom, Ineke van de Craats, Josje Verhagen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blom, Elma, 1972-

Craats-Oosterwold, Ineke va de (Catharina Derkje), 1944-

Verhagen, Josje, 1979-

Series:

Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA]

Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA] ; 49

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Auxiliaries.

Language acquisition.

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (428 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dummy auxiliaries are seemingly superfluous words that appear in learner varieties across languages. This volume is an up-to-date overview of research on dummy auxiliaries with contributions covering English, Dutch, German, French, Cypriot-Greek, first and second language acquisition, and specific language impairment as well as dialectal variation.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Introduction

Dummy auxiliaries in monolingual first language acquisition

Superfluous 'do' and comparison of spell-outs / Schütze, Carson T.

Dummy auxiliaries in Dutch first language acquisition / Zuckerman, Shalom

Semantic dummy verbs in child Dutch / Hollebrandse, Bart / Koert, Margreet van / Hout, Angeliek van

There is a dummy 'is' in early first language acquisition / Julien, Manuela / Craats, Ineke van de / Hout, Roeland van

Lightverbhood in child language: Evidence from Cypriot Greek / Grohmann, Kleanthes K. / Leivada, Evelina

Dummy auxiliaries in simultaneous and successive child bilingualism

Reflections on dummy 'do' in child language and syntactic theory / Bohnacker, Ute

Dummy verbs in first and second language acquisition in German / Chilla, Solveig / Haberzettl, Stefanie / Wulff, Nadja

Dummy auxiliaries in children with SLI - a study on Dutch, in monolinguals and bilinguals / Jong, Jan de / Blom, Elma / Orgassa, Antje

Dummy auxiliaries in adult second language acquisition

From dummy auxiliary to auxiliary in Moroccan adult learners' production and comprehension of Dutch / Verhagen, Josje

Dummy verbs and the acquisition of verb raising in L2 German and French / Schimke, Sarah

Broader perspectives on dummy auxiliaries

Dummies and auxiliaries in the acquisition of L1 and L2 Dutch / Jordens, Peter

Child use of auxiliary + infinitive in Dutch: Acquisition device or reflection of the input / Cornips, Leonie

Dummy auxiliaries in Dutch dialects, L1 and L2 acquisition / Barbiers, Sjef

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781614513476

1614513473

OCLC:

858761941