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Crago, Martha B.; Allen, Shanley E. M. – Language Acquisition, 2001
Presents evidence from Inuktitut, a null subject language, on optional infinitive production in typically developing (TD) children and children with specific language impairment (SLI). Shows TD children learning Inuktitut did not go through an OI stage, while one child with SLI does. Implications are discussed for theories of continuity, the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Contrastive Linguistics, Inupiaq, Language Acquisition