Chapter 2
Input, functional categories, and bilingualism
Article outline
- 2.1On the need for a functional structure for (Spanish) nominal expressions
- 2.2The emergence of functional categories in children’s speech: Old and new insights
- 2.3Bilingualism and the emergence of nominal expressions
- 2.4Are fillers (the precursors of) a syntactic category?
- 2.4.1Fillers in monolinguals and early bilinguals
- 2.4.2Our study: Examining the presence and frequency of fillers in a group of early bilinguals
- 2.4.2.1Methods
- 2.4.2.2Results
- 2.4.2.2.1Overall results
- 2.4.2.2.2The role of prosody
- 2.4.2.2.3Pre-nominal filler and determiner emergence
- 2.4.2.3Discussion
- 2.4.2.3.1Bilingual versus monolingual acquisition of fillers and determiners
- 2.4.2.3.2Properties of fillers in bilinguals
- 2.4.2.3.3Pre-nominal fillers as precursors of determiners
- 2.4.2.3.4The role of prosody in bilingual fillers
- 2.4.2.4Summary of findings and further research
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