Embedded V-To-C in Child Grammar: The Acquisition of Verb Placement in Swiss German

1 General Properties of Swiss German.- 1 Introduction.- 2 The Verbal and Nominal System ofSwiss German.- 3 Verb Placement in Swiss German.- 4 The Distribution of Nominals.- 5 Various Analyses ofVerb Placement.- 2 Natural Production Data on Verb Placement in Lucernese.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Survey of Acquisition Literature on Subordination in German and Swiss German.- 3 Verb Placement in the Lucemese Acquisition Data.- 4 Unclear Verb Placement in the Children's Spontaneous Production Data.- 5 Placeholders and Clauses in Which the Complementizer Has Been Omitted.- 6 Summary.- 3 Elicited Data on Verb Placement in Lucernese.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Elicited Answers to Questions.- 3 Elicitation Sessions.- 4 Experimental Data.- 5 Summary.- 4 Natural Production Data on Matrix Clauses.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Moira's Matrix Clauses.- 3 Omission of Clause-Initial Constituents in Child Grarnmar.- 4 A Comparision of Matrix Clauses Produced by the Child and the Adult.- 5 Summary.- 5 An Analysis.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Summary of the Acquisition Data Presented in Chapter 2.- 3 Input, Verb-Projection Raising, and Extraposition.- 4 A Critical Re-Examination of the Acquisition Data.- 5 An Analysis.- 6 Conclusions.- 6 Summary and Concluding Remarks.- Appendix I.- Appendix II.- Appendix III.- Appendix IV.- References.