This research targets noun-noun combinations (NNC) produced by children in the two-word stage of language acquisition. Contra previous studies arguing for a pragmatic/semantic analysis of these constructions, we argue that Italian children employ two different strategies for merging symmetric NPs and that both strategies conform to antisymmetric requirements on syntactic structures.
English compounds in Child Italian
MELLONI, Chiara
2014-01-01
Abstract
This research targets noun-noun combinations (NNC) produced by children in the two-word stage of language acquisition. Contra previous studies arguing for a pragmatic/semantic analysis of these constructions, we argue that Italian children employ two different strategies for merging symmetric NPs and that both strategies conform to antisymmetric requirements on syntactic structures.
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