Generative Perspectives on Language Acquisition: Empirical findings, theoretical considerations and crosslinguistic comparisons

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Generative Perspectives on Language Acquisition

Empirical findings, theoretical considerations and crosslinguistic comparisons

Edited by: Harald Clahsen

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1996

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Volume 14 | Language Acquisition and Language Disorders

About this book

Against the background of the proliferation of the various subdisciplines of language acquisition research over the past decades, this volume aims to enhance the existing but somewhat fragile links between language acquisition and theoretical linguistics. With regard to previous research, the book focuses on the acquisition of syntax and syntactic theory, specifically on Chomskyan Generative Grammar.

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Linguistics and Semiotics Applied Linguistics Forensic Linguistics

Prelim pages Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Tables and Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Introduction Harald Clahsen Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
The Optional-Infinitive Stage in Child English Evidence from Negation Tony Harris and Kenneth Wexler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Towards a Structure-Building Model of Acquisition Andrew Radford Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	43
The Underspecification of Functional Categories in Early Grammar Nina Hyams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	91
Lexical Learning in Early Syntactic Development Harald Clahsen, Sonja Eisenbeiss and Martina Penke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	129
Strong Continuity, Parameter Setting and the Trigger Hierarchy On the Acquisition of the DP in Bernese Swiss German and High German Zvi Penner and Jürgen Weissenborn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	161
Subject-Verb and Object-Verb Agreement in Early Basque Jürgen M. Meisel and María-José Ezeizabarrena Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	201
Acquisition of Italian Interrogatives Maria Teresa Guasti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	241
Root Infinitives, Clitics and Truncated Structures Liliane Haegeman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	271
On the Acquisition of Subject and Object Clitics in French Cornelia Hamann, Luigi Rizzi and Ulrich Hans Frauenfelder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	309
Clitics in L2 French Lydia White Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	335
The Initial Hypothesis of Syntax A Minimalist Perspective on Language Acquisition and Attrition Christer Platzack Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	369
The Role of Merger Theory and Formal Features in Acquisition Thomas Roeper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	415
How, Hang on a Minute Some reflections on emerging orthodoxies Martin Atkinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	451
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	487
Index of Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	495

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September 2, 2011

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9789027281722

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499

https://doi.org/10.1075/lald.14

eBook ISBN: 9789027281722

Keywords for this book

Generative linguistics; Language acquisition; Syntax

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College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;

Generative Perspectives on Language Acquisition

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