What is the structure of early sentences?

19 Fevereiro 2021, 14:00 • Ana Lúcia da Silva Dias Gonçalves Santos

Evidence for V2 in the early grammars of children acquiring German and Dutch. The discussion concerning the projection of CP. 

A more recent hypothesis on language development explained in terms of expansion of functional architecture: the "Growing Trees hypothesis" (Friedmann, Belletti & Rizzi, 2020).

What is the structure of early sentences?

12 Fevereiro 2021, 14:00 • Ana Lúcia da Silva Dias Gonçalves Santos

Functional architecture and head movement: the "small clause hypothesis"; evidence for verb movement in the early grammars of French and Portuguese (allowing to reject the "small clause hypothesis" and to support the early projection of TP). 

The generative approach to language acquisition vs. the usage-based approach to language acquisition

9 Fevereiro 2021, 14:00 • Ana Lúcia da Silva Dias Gonçalves Santos

NOTA: Esta aula aconteceu no dia 5 de fevereiro, mas o sistema não aceita essa data.

Two main positions in contemporary research: the generative approach to language acquisition vs. the usage-based approach to language acquisition. Testing the hypotheses: experiments on word order and the Head Direction Parameter. 

How are languages acquired? The classical debate

8 Fevereiro 2021, 14:00 • Ana Lúcia da Silva Dias Gonçalves Santos

NOTA 1: Esta cadeira corresponde à cadeira Tópicos Avançados de Linguística: Aquisição da Linguagem - Tópicos em Sintaxe, do Doutoramento em Linguística (FLUL), que este ano substituiu a UC Tópicos Avançados de Tecnologia da Linguagem.

NOTA 2: Esta aula aconteceu no dia 29 de janeiro, mas o sistema não aceita esta data.

General presentation of the course.

 How are languages acquired? The classical debate (behaviorism, constructivism, innatism).