The Role of the Specifier and Finiteness in Early Grammar

Teun Hoekstra · Nina M. Hyams · Misha Becker

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Abstract Root infinitives of the sort in (1) are a common feature of many child languages. In the languages which display this phenomenon, the non-finite forms appear to be in free variation with finite forms of the verb. The apparent optionality of root infinitives led Wexler (1994) to propose that children pass through an optional infinitive stage.

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