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Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition North America (GALANA) edited by Alyona Belikova, Luisa Meroni, and Mari Umeda ISBN 978-1-57473-419-5 library binding vii + 490 pages publication date: 2007 published by Cascadilla Proceedings Project, Somerville, MA, USA Table of contents Abstract Carlos Buesa García Early Root Infinitives in a Null-Subject Language: A Longitudinal Case Study of a Spanish Child 39-50 (complete pdf) In this paper, a root infinitive stage is documented in Early Child Spanish (1;08-2;06). The data comes from a longitudinal Case study of a Spanish speaking child, Inés, who was videotaped twice every month. The paper discusses the consequences that a root infinitive stage has for current theories of root infinitives providing evidence for a modality approach to this phenomenon. Further, data that shows that the child is able to license post-verbal subjects while in the root infinitive stage suggests that the Null Subject-Optional infinitive generalization is questionable. |