Theories of the Acquisition of Argument Structure Alternations

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents ix
3. Argument Structure Alternations and the No Negative Evidence Problem 1
4. Theories of the Acquisition of Argument Structure Alternations 17
5. The Structure of the Locative Alternation 75
6. The Nonindividuation Hypothesis 103
7. The Production Experiment: Testing the Nonindividuation 131
8. Restrictions on be - Prefixation 181
9. The Comprehension Experiment: Testing Children’s Interpretation of be - Verbs 211
10. Summary and Conclusions 245
11. Appendices 255
12. References 269
13. Auhtor Index 283
14. Subject Index 287