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Forsythe, Hannah; Greeson, Daniel; Schmitt, Cristina – Language Learning and Development, 2022
In many so-called canonical null subject languages, null and overt subject pronouns have contrasting referential preferences: null subjects tend to maintain reference to the preceding subject while overt pronominal subjects do not. We propose that children acquire this contrast by initially restricting their attention to 1st and 2nd person…
Descriptors: Spanish, Form Classes (Languages), Language Variation, Foreign Countries