Generative Perspectives on Language Acquisition
Empirical findings, theoretical considerations and crosslinguistic comparisons
Editor
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.
[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders, 14] 1996. xxviii, 499 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Tables and Figures | p. vii
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Abbreviations | p. xi
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Contributors | p. xiii
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IntroductionHarald Clahsen | p. xv
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The Optional-Infinitive Stage in Child English: Evidence from NegationTony Harris and Kenneth Wexler | p. 1
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Towards a Structure-Building Model of AcquisitionAndrew Radford | p. 43
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The Underspecification of Functional Categories in Early GrammarNina Hyams | p. 91
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Lexical Learning in Early Syntactic DevelopmentHarald Clahsen, Sonja Eisenbeiss and Martina Penke | p. 129
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Strong Continuity, Parameter Setting and the Trigger Hierarchy: On the Acquisition of the DP in Bernese Swiss German and High GermanZvi Penner and Jürgen Weissenborn | p. 161
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Subject-Verb and Object-Verb Agreement in Early BasqueJürgen M. Meisel and María José Ezeizabarrena | p. 201
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Acquisition of Italian InterrogativesMaria Teresa Guasti | p. 241
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Root Infinitives, Clitics and Truncated StructuresLiliane Haegeman | p. 271
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On the Acquisition of Subject and Object Clitics in FrenchCornelia Hamann, Luigi Rizzi and Ulrich Hans Frauenfelder | p. 309
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Clitics in L2 FrenchLydia White | p. 335
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The Initial Hypothesis of Syntax: A Minimalist Perspective on Language Acquisition and AttritionChrister Platzack | p. 369
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The Role of Merger Theory and Formal Features in AcquisitionThomas Roeper | p. 415
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How, Hang on a Minute: Some reflections on emerging orthodoxiesMartin Atkinson | p. 451
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Index of Names | p. 487
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Index of Subjects | p. 495
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Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General