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The Acquisition of French Subject Pronouns in Child and Adult Learners

Granfeldt, Jonas LU orcid and Schlyter, Suzanne LU (2001) 26(Series B). p.89-104
Abstract
In this study, we will analyse the acquisition of subject pronouns in French and the distribution of Null subjects in early stages of language acquisition. We will contrast bilingual first language acquisition (2L1) and adult second language acquisition (L2). In both cases, Swedish is present as one of the two languages of the bilingual children, and as source language for the L2 learners.



We will show that with respect to subjects there are clear differences between early 2L1 grammars and these early L2 grammars in that the children first pass through a stage where Null subjects are possible. This stage is followed by the use of subject pronouns as clitics. The adult Swedish learners practically never omit subjects and... (More)
In this study, we will analyse the acquisition of subject pronouns in French and the distribution of Null subjects in early stages of language acquisition. We will contrast bilingual first language acquisition (2L1) and adult second language acquisition (L2). In both cases, Swedish is present as one of the two languages of the bilingual children, and as source language for the L2 learners.



We will show that with respect to subjects there are clear differences between early 2L1 grammars and these early L2 grammars in that the children first pass through a stage where Null subjects are possible. This stage is followed by the use of subject pronouns as clitics. The adult Swedish learners practically never omit subjects and tend to treat subject pronouns as weak or strong, following the typology presented in Cardinaletti and Starke (1999). At least some properties of subject clitics are very hard for these learners to acquire. (Less)
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Cantone, Katja Francesca and Hinzelin, Marc-Olivier
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89 - 104
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Sonderforschungsbereich 538 Universität Hamburg
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We will show that with respect to subjects there are clear differences between early 2L1 grammars and these early L2 grammars in that the children first pass through a stage where Null subjects are possible. This stage is followed by the use of subject pronouns as clitics. The adult Swedish learners practically never omit subjects and tend to treat subject pronouns as weak or strong, following the typology presented in Cardinaletti and Starke (1999). At least some properties of subject clitics are very hard for these learners to acquire.}},
  author       = {{Granfeldt, Jonas and Schlyter, Suzanne}},
  booktitle    = {{Working Papers in Multilingualism}},
  editor       = {{Cantone, Katja Francesca and Hinzelin, Marc-Olivier}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{Series B}},
  pages        = {{89--104}},
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  title        = {{The Acquisition of French Subject Pronouns in Child and Adult Learners}},
  volume       = {{26}},
  year         = {{2001}},
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