JLP315H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Optimality Theory, Personal Pronoun, Null-Subject Language
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Kids begin combining things around 2 years of age: first word combinations. Systematic, rule-governed deviations: rules that determine what is/is not possible what is/is not spoken by the children. In some cases: correct values for parameters from the start. Varies in adult languages: english: head initial, turkish: head final. Children"s earliest productions reflect the correct value of the head direction parameter in their native language: e. g. , svo, sov, etc, differences in head direction. Vp lexical projection: base generation of verb. Verb moves overtly (finite verbs in french, italian, german; infinitives in italian) or covertly (lexical verbs in english) Inflection phrase (ip) functional projection (split ip: includes agrp, tp, aspp) Move to/generated in i: english auxiliaries, modals (e. g. , do, be) Modals, copula be, dummy do missing. Grammatical morphemes (person, tense), auxiliaries (perfective, progressive), copula be, dummy do missing: functional elements, express the feature of content of i node.
