%0 Journal Article
%T A perspective on doubling constructions in Dutch
%A Jacqueline van Kampen
%J Nordlyd : Troms£¿ University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics / Institutt for Spr£¿k og Litteratur, Universitetet i Troms£¿
%D 2007
%I University of Troms?
%X Scope-bearing elements for negations and questions may appear in Dutch child language as ¡°doubling¡± constructions. The doublings are not part of the adult system. They arise spontaneously in early and later child language. The early doublings have a <+neg>-element or a <+Q/+wh>-element in sentence-initial position and double it by means of a sentence adverb in a sentence-final position. These doublings disappear in child Dutch after the acquisition of V-second. A later temporary doubling appears in negative constructions that contain a quantifier. The analysis below will consider the temporary doublings in child Dutch as attempts to maintain an earlier, more simplified construction. Temporary options in child language may result from a learnability hierarchy.
%K learnability
%K V2
%K scopal elements
%K reanalysis
%K acquisition steps
%K longitudinal data
%K negation
%K wh-questions
%U http://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlyd/article/view/126