Table 6.
Finite verb placementin negative declaratives (requiring an auxiliary or do-support) in Emma, Emily and Sunniva’s files.
| Auxiliaries/copula (%) | Do-support (%) | Total (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child | Aux-neg | Lacking aux | Do-neg | Lacking do | V2/lex. verb | Target | Non-target |
| Emma | 37/47 | 10/47 | 5/41 | 30/41 | 6/41 | 42/88 | 46/88 |
| (88) | (78.7) | (21.3) | (12.2) | (73.2) | (14.6) | (47.7) | (52.3) |
| Emily | 53/57 | 4/57 | 44/45 | 0/45 | 1/45 | 97/102 | 5/102 |
| (102) | (93) | (7) | (97.8) | (0) | (2.2) | (95.1) | (4.9) |
| Sunniva | 9/9 | 0/9 | 14/14 | 0/14 | 0/14 | 23/23 | 0/23 |
| (23) | (100) | (0) | (100) | (0) | (0) | (100) | (0) |