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Braine, Martin D.S. and Judith A. Hardy. 1982. On what case categories there are, why they are, and how they develop: An amalgam of a priori considerations, speculation, and evidence from children. In Wanner, Eric and Lila R. Gleitman, eds. Language acquisition: The state of the art. Cambridge University Press. pp. 219–239.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

semantic case | semantic case, L1-acquisition of

Annotation

After specifying the essential function that makes case categories necessary, B. and H. propose five principles that should be expected to govern the nature, organization, and development of case categories. Acquisition data are adduced as evidence.