Subproject Gisi Cannizzaro:
This subproject investigates word order in early child language, specifically the production and comprehension of subject-object order in Dutch, in order to determine if young children show a comprehension delay with respect to this word order. Such a delay would be interpreted as supporting the hypotheses that (i) early delays are the result of an incorrect ordering of constraints and (ii) that the grammar itself is an asymmetrical system of constraints on form and meaning.