Direct object omission is a general occurrence, observed in varying degrees across the world's languages. The expression of verbal transitivity in small childre

Direct object omission is a general occurrence, observed in varying degrees across the world's languages. The expression of verbal transitivity in small childre

This book offers a new contribution to the debate concerning the “real time acquisition” of grammar in First Language Acquisition Theory. It combines detailed

This book offers a new contribution to the debate concerning the “real time acquisition” of grammar in First Language Acquisition Theory. It combines detail

This book explores a much-debated area of language acquisition: the omission by young children of direct objects in a sentence.