1st Edition

Grammatical Features and the Acquisition of Reference A Comparative Study of Dutch and Spanish

By Sergio Baauw Copyright 2002
266 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge

This book discusses to what extent errors young children make with their interpretation of definite articles and pronouns are due to their immature pragmatic skills, and to what extent incomplete syntactic development plays a role.

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Acquisition of Pronouns and Definite Articles 2. Underspecification of the D-Position 3. The Acquisition of Pronominal Anaphora in Spanish and Dutch Conclusions References Appendices

Biography

Sergio Baauw