Abstract
This article has two objectives. At a first level we present an overview of four aspects of the French DP and its acquisition by adult Swedish speaking learners, namely the existence of a bare noun stage, the syntactic status of the definite article, the placement of the adjective and gender agreement. At a second level, we wish to illustrate a method in Research on Language Acquisition which is informed by generative syntax in its present shape. We will address the acquisition data from the threefold typology of syntactic layers and we suggest that considering syntactic layers is essential in the present debate on the acquisition of functional categories.
Original language | French |
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Pages (from-to) | 47-84 |
Journal | AILE. Acquisition et Interaction en Langue Etrangère |
Issue number | 21 |
Publication status | Published - 2004 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Languages and Literature
Free keywords
- domaines syntaxiques
- article défini
- adjectifs
- genre
- DP
- apprenants adultes
- syntagme nominal
- acquisition
- suédois
- francais