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OverviewThis book offers a new contribution to the debate concerning the acquisition of the syntax-discourse interface. It provides evidence that children acquiring European Portuguese have a very early ability to spontaneously produce VP ellipsis as answers to yes-no questions. It is also argued that the distribution of VP ellipsis in European Portuguese (including its co-existence with Null Complement Anaphora) supports the hypothesis that the identification condition on ellipsis is derivable from some innate knowledge of the syntax-discourse interface. Answers to yes-no questions also provide evidence concerning children’s interpretation of questions containing a cleft or the operator só ‘only’. The analysis of spontaneous production is complemented by a comprehension experiment, showing that children have two problems in the interpretation of these questions: (i) they do not understand that the cleft and só introduce a presupposition and (ii) they start with a default focus assignment strategy and may not access other focus interpretations. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ana Lucia Santos (University of Lisbon)Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co Imprint: John Benjamins Publishing Co Volume: 48 Weight: 0.705kg ISBN: 9789027253095ISBN 10: 9027253099 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 11 March 2009 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of Contents1. List of tables; 2. List of figures; 3. Preface; 4. Abbreviations used in glosses; 5. Chapter 1. Introduction; 6. Chapter 2. VPE and the structural and anaphoric properties of minimal answers in EP adult grammar; 7. Chapter 3. Learnability issues in VPE and focus; 8. Chapter 4. How early can VPE be found?; 9. Chapter 5. Answers as a window into the interpretation of questions; 10. Chapter 6. Conclusions; 11. References; 12. Subject indexReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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