Blom The Acquisition of Finiteness

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-3-11-021143-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 94, 170 Seiten, Gewicht: 10 g

Reihe: Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]

The book provides a theoretical and empirical evaluation of a field that has been the focus of generative theories on language acquisition: the acquisition of finiteness and related properties such as root infinitives, verb movement and null subjects. It contains a critical empirical assessment of the various hypotheses, lists the implications for linguistic theory and provides alternative analyses. Issues covered are: (i) the semantics of children’s root infinitives (tense, modality and aspect), (ii) the relation between lexical, morphological and syntactic development in the domain of finiteness, (iii) the role of the input, and (iv) the interference of cognitive development. Typological focus is on Germanic languages.

Zielgruppe

Reasearch Libraries, Researchers and Advanced Students of Linguis

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blom, Elma

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Psycholinguistik, Neurolinguistik, Kognition
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sprachpsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Frontmatter;1
2;Contents;6
3;Chapter 1. Introduction;9
4;Chapter 2. Background;13
5;Chapter 3. Theoretical framework;37
6;Chapter 4. Form and meaning;42
7;Chapter 5. Differences across languages;69
8;Chapter 6. Developmental patterns;91
9;Chapter 7. Discussion;110
10;Backmatter;129

Über Autor(innen)

Elma Blom, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.