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A Diary Study on the Acquisition of Middle French: <BR>
A Preliminary Report on the Early Language <BR>
Acquisition of Louis XIII<BR>
David Ingram and Marie-Therese Le Normand 352<BR>
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</FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE="5"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><B>BUCLD: Proceedings of the Boston University Conference on Language Development, November 3,4,&5, 1995<BR>
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Abstract<BR>
Early French was markedly different from Modern French. Among its properties are that it was pro drop, allowed the inversion of verbs and lexical subjects in questions, and had V2 word order. All of these properties have been lost in Modern French. The process of how these changes took place in Middle French have been speculated upon in Clark & Robert (1993), but no language acquisition data have been brought to bear upon them.<BR>
The possibility for examining questions such as these ones, as well as others, has arisen with the recent discovery of a diary on the language acquisition of Louis XIII (1601-1643). Louis's physician kept a daily diary on his development from his birth in 1601 until the physician's death in 1628. This paper is a preliminary report on the diary, focussing on the entries for the first four years of Louis'life. The central focus will be descriptive, i.e presenting information on the general characteristics of the diary data. In addition, some preliminary analyses will be presented on the nature of Louis' language in relation to the properties of French which were under change in Middle French.<BR>
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Marie-Thérèse Le Normand, INSERM<BR>
Laboratoire de Neuropsychopathologie du langage et de la cognition<BR>
Bâtiment Pharmacie, 3ème étage<BR>
Hôpital de la Salpêtrière<BR>
47 Bld de l'hôpital<BR>
75651 Paris Cedex 13<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><B>De : </B>"Patrick Griffiths" <<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>patg@mc.beppu-u.ac.jp</U></FONT>><BR>
<B>Société : </B>Beppu University<BR>
<B>Répondre à : </B>"Patrick Griffiths" <<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>patg@mc.beppu-u.ac.jp</U></FONT>><BR>
<B>Date : </B>Mon, 17 Feb 2003 13:41:09 +0900<BR>
<B>À : </B><<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>info-childes@mail.talkbank.org</U></FONT>><BR>
<B>Objet : </B>'Baby diary' on a French King<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT COLOR="#800000"><FONT SIZE="2">In the last year or so, I read something about a long-term <BR>
record on the development of a King of France (?Louis <BR>
XVI?) kept by his personal physician. I can't remember <BR>
where I read this and would very much appreciate pointers <BR>
from someone who recognises what I am fumbling for.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#800000"><FONT SIZE="2">Thanks<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#800000"><FONT SIZE="2">Patrick Griffiths<BR>
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