gapping

[Dan I. SLOBIN]

This is certainly acquired late.  In fact, I don't think I've ever used
this structure--either in speech or writing.  Although it is recognizable
and grammatical, I doubt that it is actively used in any spoken register
of American English, and it is certain to be exceptionally infrequent in
writing.

-Dan Slobin
University of California, Berkeley

On Sat, 21 Aug 1999, Shalom Zuckerman wrote:

> Dear info-childers
> I am looking for information about aquisition of gapping (e.g.: John ate
> the apple and Bill the pear), namely: is this structure aquired
> relatively late?
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> Shalom Zuckerman
> U. Groningen
>