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Peer reviewedHamann, Cornelia – Language Acquisition, 1996
Investigates the 10% to 20% null subject stage in 3-year-olds in Germany and shows that this stage, though long, is not final. Findings indicate that children in this phase use structures found neither in the state of early null subjects nor in adult German, namely, postverbal referential null subjects. Further study is proposed. (94 references)…
Descriptors: Adults, Age, Child Development, Child Language
Peer reviewedWang, Qi; And Others – Language Acquisition, 1992
The prediction that young Chinese- and English-speaking children should exhibit parallel performance in their use of null arguments was investigated using an elicited production task. The hypothesis that early English allows null subjects was upheld; the argument that early English is a discourse-oriented language like Chinese was not upheld. (26…
Descriptors: Child Language, Chinese, Contrastive Linguistics, Developmental Stages
