Acquisition of Negation by Yemeni-Taizzi Children

Acquisition of Negation by Yemeni-Taizzi Children is an extensive study on the acquisition of negation. It is an investigation into the developmental sequence of the acquisition of negation by children who are native speakers of Yemeni-Taizzi Arabic. The study is carried out within the framework of GB or the principles and parameters model of grammar which studies infants' acquisition of their native language. We note a parallel between the Yemeni-Taizzi facts and negation in Old English, as described in Jayaseelan (2010: 325ff). From the acquisitional point of view, our findings are consistent with two hypotheses: Truncation (Rizzi 1994), and Grammatical Conservatism (Snyder 2007).

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Personal/Contact InformationName: Sahar Abdulsalam Mohammed Alshargabi EDUCATIONPh.D. (2014): The English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad, IndiaMA (2008): Taiz University, Taiz, YemenBEd (2000): Taiz University, Taiz, YemenHigh School (1995): Mohammed Ali Othman School, Taiz, Yemen