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A Cross-linguistic Approach to the'Erroneous' Genitive Subjects: Underspecification of Tense in ChildGrammar Revisited

Naoko Sawada, Keiko Murasugi

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As in (3), the subject NP Taroo can be marked with genitive Case as well as nominative Case. Likewise, the genitive subjects, John s and my, are possible in the English gerundive construction, as shown in (4). What causes Case errors in child grammar? In this paper, providing new descriptive findings from the CHILDES corpora and the data reported in the previous studies, we argue that the Case errors that young children make are related to the underspecification of the features in Tense. We will show that in

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As in (3), the subject NP Taroo can be marked with genitive Case as well as nominative Case. Likewise, the genitive subjects, John s and my, are possible in the English gerundive construction, as shown in (4). What causes Case errors in child grammar? In this paper, providing new descriptive findings from the CHILDES corpora and the data reported in the previous studies, we argue that the Case errors that young children make are related to the underspecification of the features in Tense. We will show that in

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As in (3), the subject NP Taroo can be marked with genitive Case as well as nominative Case. Likewise, the genitive subjects, John s and my, are possible in the English gerundive construction, as shown in (4). What causes Case errors in child grammar? In this paper, providing new descriptive findings from the CHILDES corpora and the data reported in the previous studies, we argue that the Case errors that young children make are related to the underspecification of the features in Tense. We will show that in

Key concepts: Genitive case, Underspecification, Linguistics, Nominative case, Grammar, Subject (documents), Psychology, Computer science

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