Language Acquisition and Learnability - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521646200 ISBN 13: 9780521646208

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2001

Synopsis

Language Acquisition and Learnability is an accessible introduction to learnability theory and its interactions with linguistic theories. Working within the Principles and Parameters framework, the book surveys general concepts from formal learning theory and complexity theory, together with important findings from developmental psycholinguistics, historical linguistics and language processing. Written by a team of leading researchers it examines important techniques that can be used to obtain interesting and empirically testable predictions from parametric theories of language variation and includes chapters on syntax, diachronic syntax and the relationship between linguistic complexity and the form of parameters. Fully integrated, and complete with a large number of exercises to test readers on their understanding of the material, this book will become essential reading for students and researchers in linguistic theory.

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Product Description

This mint, unread, First Edition paperback, Cambridge University Press, England, 2001, has glossy covers. The book size is 6.25Ó w x 9Ó h with a bibliography, an index and 247 pristine pages on good quality paper. ISBN 0-521-64620-0.

Review

"...the book is very welcome. It remarks connections between very different fields of research and should be carefully considered by scholars working in fields such as theoretical linguistics, historical and comparative linguistics, psycholinguistics, learnability theory or computational and statistical approaches to language acquisition, among others." Canadian Journal of Linguistics

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521646200
• ISBN 13: 9780521646208
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Bertolo Stefano