Processing negative imperatives in Bulgarian [Elektronische Ressource] : evidence from normal, aphasic and child language / eingereicht von Milena Kuehnast

Processing Negative Imperatives in Bulgarian – Evidence from Normal, Aphasic and Child Language Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor philosophiae (Dr. phil.) eingereicht von Milena Kuehnast, M.A. bei der Humanwissenschaftlichen Fakultät Universität Potsdam 2010 Published online at the Institutional Repository of the University of Potsdam: URL http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2010/4582/ URN urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-45826 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-45826 1 Contents Processing negative imperatives in Bulgarian – Evidence from normal, aphasic and child language 5 1. Introduction 5 2. What is special about Bulgarian negative imperatives? 7 3. How do Bulgarian children acquire negative imperatives and what do these constructions reveal about the acquisition of verbal aspect? 12 3.1. Method 13 3.2. Results and discussion 14 4. Normal and aphasic comprehension of negative imperatives 16 4.1. Normal and agrammatic comprehension of overt aspectual coercion in negative imperatives 17 4.1.1. Method 19 4.1.2. Results and discussion 21 4.2. Normal and agrammatic comprehension of clitic clusters in negative imperatives 24 4.2.1. Method 26 4.2.2. Results and discussion 28 5. Conclusion 30 References 32 Aspectual coercion in Bulgarian negative imperatives 36 1. Introduction 36 2.