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Early verb constructions in French: adjacency on the left edge
1Université Paris Descartes - CNRS,and Laboratory MoDyCo (UMR 7114) & LPPS (EA 4057).
Journal of Child Language
|October 22, 2015
Summary
Children learning French add grammatical elements to verbs incrementally, starting with subjects and then auxiliaries, supporting the Adjacency Hypothesis for early language acquisition.
Area of Science:
- Linguistics
- Developmental Psychology
- Psycholinguistics
Background:
- Early verb constructions in child language acquisition are complex.
- Understanding the developmental order of morpheme addition is crucial for linguistic theories.
Purpose of the Study:
- To test the Adjacency Hypothesis regarding the incremental addition of morphemes to the left edge of French verbs in young children.
- To analyze the developmental sequence of subject, modal, and auxiliary placement in early French verb phrases.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of 2657 verb uses from four children aged 1;3 to 2;7.
- Quantitative assessment of morpheme placement relative to core verbs.
- Examination of the order and frequency of construction development.
Main Results:
- Children incrementally added morphemes to the left of verbs.
- Clitic subjects were added first to present tense verbs.
- Modals were added to infinitives, and auxiliaries to past participles, before subjects were added to modals or auxiliaries.
Conclusions:
- The findings support the Adjacency Hypothesis for the left-edge development of early verb constructions in French.
- The study provides empirical evidence for a specific, predictable order in grammatical morpheme acquisition.
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