Parameters for Wh-Movement Types: Evidence from Child English

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Article

Publication Date

11-1-1995

Publication Title

Natural Language & Linguistic Theory

Abstract

A longitudinal study investigating wh-constructions in children ranging in age at outset from 2:11 to 5:7 indicated that, in addition to accepting English-type wh-movement, some children, for a time, also accept partial wh-movement, wh-coping, & wh-movement constructions that exist in such languages as German & Romani, where a wh-phrase occurs in a [-wh] SpecCP.

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