The syntax of overmarking and kes in child
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In English (1) tense is marked both on auxiliary do and the lexical verb. In (2), is occurs in two positions. In (3), the functional element no is realized in a relative clause, even though adult Japanese has no overt functional morpheme in this position. In (4), the ‘bound noun’ kes is likewise realized in a relative clause, even though no morpheme appears in this position in adult Korean. The pattern in (4) was first noticed by Kim (1987) and studied extensively by K.-O. Lee (1991; see also Lee, Lust & Whitman, 1991). Overmarking errors are interesting from the standpoint of the controversy over the status of functional or closed-class elements in early grammar (Radford, 1990; Whitman, Lee & Lust, 1991, and much subsequent literature). Overmarking indicates that functional categories are present in the grammar of the child who produces them: overmarking does not occur with lexical categories; that is, children do not produce overmarking errors such as (5):
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