1. Linguistic Theory, Language Acquisition, and the lexicon

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xiii
4. 1. Linguistic Theory, Language Acquisition, and the lexicon 1
5. 2. Generative approaches to semantic-syntax correspondences 32
6. 3. Semantic structure: crosslinguistic patterns and constraints 76
7. 4. Acquiring Semantic-Syntax Correspondences 128
8. 5. Testing knowledge of semantic-syntax correspondences in a second language 169
9. 6. Analysis and discussion 205
10. 7. Epilogue 230
11. References 237
12. Appendix I: English Locative Verbs 253
13. Appendix II: Chinese Locative Verbs and Arguments Structures 255
14. Appendix III: Test of Verb Meanings 259
15. Appendix IV: Production task 261
16. Appendix V: Grammaticality Judgement Task 262
17. Index 267