Subject Omission and Discourse Anchorage in Early Swedish Child Language
(2004) In Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax- Abstract
- This paper addresses the question whether a connection exists between subject omission and discourse anchorage in early Swedish child language. By analysing data from three Swedish children, I investigate whether previous mentioning in the discourse affects the occurrence of subject omission. A Danish study by Hamann & Plunkett (1998) reported that no connection between subject omissions and discourse anchorage could be established for Danish. My study partly contradicts their results: in finite utterances, the majority of the omissions found were anchored to the discourse. Furthermore, the results indicate that the development of a Theory of Mind might be of importance for the decrease of subject omission in child language.
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- author
- Brandtler, Johan LU
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- publishing date
- 2004
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- Working paper/Preprint
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- language acquisition, theory of mind
- in
- Working Papers in Scandinavian Syntax
- ISSN
- 1100-097X
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Swedish (015011001)
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