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Four early stages in the development of Li negation*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

Henning Wode
Henning Wode
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Kiel University
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Abstract

No reasonably successful theory of the acquisition of negation seems to have yet been proposed. Most studies describe post hoc what has taken place; but they fail to go on to suggest a theory that will predict what will take place. McNeill seems to be the only one to have explicitly aimed at a theory with at least a certain amount of predictive capacity, but his views leave much to be desired. This paper outlines an alternative proposal to cover four very early stages for the acquisition of negation systems in natural languages. It emphasizes the formal linguistic devices as the major variables that determine the various language-specific developmental sequences.

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Journal of Child Language , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , February 1977 , pp. 87 - 102
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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Footnotes

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For help, criticism and comments I am indebted to various people in our research group, notably Sascha Felix, Dietrich Lange, Dieter Furkmann, Christa Meyer, Theo Schmitz, Ocke Bohn and Detlef Ufert.

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