Grammatical Features and the Acquisition of Reference

This book discusses to what extent errors young children make with their interpretation of definite articles and pronouns are due to their immature pragmatic skills, and to what extent incomplete syntactic development plays a role.

Sergio Baauw

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Acquisition of Pronouns and Definite Articles 2. Underspecification of the D-Position 3. The Acquisition of Pronominal Anaphora in Spanish and Dutch Conclusions References Appendices