Syntactic Theory and the Acquisition of English Syntax: The Nature of Early Child Grammars of English

Preface. 1. Aims and Approaches. 2. Categorization in Early Child English. 3. Lexical Category Systems in Early Child English. 4. Absence of a Determiner System in Early Child English. 5. Absence of a Complementizer System in Early Child English. 6. Absence of an Inflection System in Early Child English. 7. Absence of a Case System in Early Child English. 8. The Grammar of Missing Arguments in Early Child English. 9. The Overall Structure of Early Child Grammars of English. 10. Explanations and Implications. Bibliography. Index.