The Friends of Linguistics At the University of Toronto [flaut]
announces an upcoming lecture by:

         ANA-TERESA PEREZ-LEROUX,
Associate Professor, University of Toronto,

entitled:

THE CASE OF DR. SPOCK vs LINGUISTIC THEORY
           or
On things young children (don?t) say


Toddlers, who speak in short sentences, and preschoolers, who can
speak too much, sometimes omit a sentence?s direct object in required
contexts.

  Want! Want! [yelling in front of cupboard]  (age: 1;11)

  Paul's too busy saying.  [while drawing]    (age: 5)

In this talk Dr. Perez-Leroux will explore the natural history of
children's object drop sentences.  She will consider two approaches to
this phenomenon, the grammatical and the pragmatic. Are children
different from adults in their knowledge about what needs to be said
explicitly in conversation, or on what they know about grammatical
operations?

PRESENTATION, INFORMAL DISCUSSION, AND RECEPTION

Wednesday November 23, 2005
 7-9p.m.

DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS
ROBARTS LIBRARY
6th floor, ROOM 6078

OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS, ALUMNI, FACULTY AND FRIENDS