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
（Language acquisition & language disorders / editors, Harald Clahsen, William Rutherford, v. 14）
John Benjamins Publishing Company, c1996
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Note
"Chiefly based on papers presented at a workshop held Mar. 18-20, 1994, University of Essex" -- T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and indexes of names and subjects (p. [487]-499)
Contents of Works
- The optional-infinitive stage in child English : evidence from negation / Tony Harris & Ken Wexler
- Towards a structure-building model of acquisition / Andrew Radford
- The underspecification of functional categories in early grammar / Nina Hyams
- Lexical learning in early syntactic development / Harald Clahsen, Sonja Eisenbeiss & Martina Penke
- Strong continuity, parameter setting, and the trigger hierarchy : on the acquisition of the DP in Bernese Swiss German and High German / Zvi Penner & Jürgen Weissenborn
- Subject-verb and object-verb agreement in early Basque / Jürgen M. Meisel & Maria-Jose Ezeizabarrena
- Acquisition of Italian interrogatives / Maria Teresa Guasti
- Root infinitives, clitics, and truncated structures / Liliane Haegeman
- On the acquisition of subject and object clitics in French / Cornelia Hamann, Luigi Rizzi & Uli H. Frauenfelder
- Clitics in L2 French / Lydia White
- The initial hypothesis of syntax : a minimalist perspective on language acquisition and attrition / Christer Platzack
- The role of merger theory and formal features in acquisition / Thomas Roeper
- Now, hang on a minute : some reflections on emerging orthodoxies / Martin Atkinson
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 1. Tables and Figures
- 2. Abbreviations
- 3. Contributors
- 4. Introduction (by Clahsen, Harald)
- 5. The Optional-Infinitive Stage in Child English: Evidence from Negation (by Harris, Tony)
- 6. Towards a Structure-Building Model of Acquisition (by Radford, Andrew)
- 7. The Underspecification of Functional Categories in Early Grammar (by Hyams, Nina)
- 8. Lexical Learning in Early Syntactic Development (by Clahsen, Harald)
- 9. Strong Continuity, Parameter Setting and the Trigger Hierarchy: On the Acquisition of the DP in Bernese Swiss German and High German (by Penner, Zvi)
- 10. Subject-Verb and Object-Verb Agreement in Early Basque (by Meisel, Jurgen M.)
- 11. Acquisition of Italian Interrogatives (by Guasti, Maria Teresa)
- 12. Root Infinitives, Clitics and Truncated Structures (by Haegeman, Liliane)
- 13. On the Acquisition of Subject and Object Clitics in French (by Hamann, Cornelia)
- 14. Clitics in L2 French (by White, Lydia)
- 15. The Initial Hypothesis of Syntax: A Minimalist Perspective on Language Acquisition and Attrition (by Platzack, Christer)
- 16. The Role of Merger Theory and Formal Features in Acquisition (by Roeper, Thomas)
- 17. How, Hang on a Minute: Some reflections on emerging orthodoxies (by Atkinson, Martin)
- 18. Index of Names
- 19. Index of Subjects
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