Generative Perspectives on Language Acquisition: Empirical findings, theoretical considerations and crosslinguistic comparisons: 14 (Language Acquisition and Language Disorders) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9027224838 ISBN 13: 9789027224835

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co, 1996

Synopsis

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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Synopsis

Against the background of the proliferation of the various subdisciplines of language acquisition research dating from the late 1980s, this volume aims to enhance the existing links between language acquisition and theoretical linguistics. It focuses on the acquisition of syntax and syntactic theory, specifically on Chomskyan Generative Grammar. Some of the topics covered in this series of papers are the optional infinitive stage in child English, early underspecification of functional categories, lexical learning, parameter setting, agreement, truncated structures, clitics, a minimalist perspective on acquisition and attrition, and merger theory.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027224838
• ISBN 13: 9789027224835
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 527
• Editor: Clahsen Harald