Publications

Publication details [#4069]

Gruber, Jeffrey S. 1967. Topicalization in child language. Foundations of Language 3 : 37–65.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

topic vs. comment, L1-acquisition of | topicalization, L1-acquisition of

Language as a subject

English, L1-acquisition of

Annotation

G. argues that the nouns appearing to be used as subjects of subject-predicate constructions in the language of a child acquiring English, actually act as the topics of topic-comment constructions.

Reviewed by

Felix, Sascha W. 1975. Concerning 'Topicalization in language'.

Chambers, J.K. 1973. Remarks on topicalization in child language.

Reprints

Reibel, David A. and Sanford A. Schane. 1969. In Reibel, David A. and Sanford A. Schane, eds. Modern studies in English: Readings in transformational grammar. Prentice-Hall. pp. 422–447.