Jordens Language Acquisition and the Functional Category System

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-11-021621-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 291 Seiten, Gewicht: 10 g

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Zielgruppe

Students of Germanic Languages with a Focus on Language Acquisition, Psycholinguistics, Language Teaching in General

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jordens, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Theoretische Linguistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgements;7
2;1 Introduction;13
2.1;1.1 Language acquisition from a functional perspective;13
2.2;1.2 Overview of the book;15
3;2 Lexical vs. functional elements;21
3.1;2.1 Structure in language;21
3.2;2.2 Language structure in production;27
3.2.1;2.2.1 Phrase structure;27
3.2.1.1;2.2.1.1 Lexical selection;27
3.2.1.2;2.2.1.2 Phrasal coherence;27
3.2.2;2.2.2 Utterance structure;28
3.2.2.1;2.2.2.1 Perspective taking;28
3.2.2.2;2.2.2.2 Contextual embedding;31
3.2.2.3;2.2.2.3 Lexical categories;33
3.2.2.4;2.2.2.4 Functional categories;33
3.2.3;2.2.3 Word formation;34
3.2.3.1;2.2.3.1 Derivation, inherent and contextual inflection;36
3.2.3.2;2.2.3.2 Lexical and functional categories of word formation;38
3.3;2.3 Learner systems;42
3.3.1;2.3.1 Utterance structure at the initial stage;43
3.3.2;2.3.2 Word formation at the initial stage;45
3.4;2.4 First and second language acquisition;46
3.5;2.5 Research questions;49
3.6;2.6 Data sources;50
4;3 The Target System;53
4.1;3.1 Introduction;53
4.2;3.2 Utterance structure;54
4.2.1;3.2.1 Basic word order;54
4.2.2;3.2.2 Word order variation;58
4.2.3;3.2.3 Information structure and lexical meaning;62
4.2.3.1;3.2.3.1 VP structure;64
4.2.3.2;3.2.3.2 FP structure;64
4.2.3.3;3.2.3.3 The function of F;65
4.2.3.4;3.2.3.4 Movement;67
4.2.4;3.2.4 Summary;68
4.3;3.3 Utterance production;68
4.3.1;3.3.1 Conceptualization, lexicalization and predication;69
4.3.1.1;3.3.1.1 Conceptualization;69
4.3.1.2;3.3.1.2 Lexicalization;70
4.3.1.3;3.3.1.3 Predication;74
4.3.2;3.3.2 Expressing finiteness and contextual embedding;78
4.3.2.1;3.3.2.1 The semantic function of finiteness;78
4.3.2.2;3.3.2.1.1 Truth value;78
4.3.2.3;3.3.2.2 Anchoring;82
4.3.2.4;3.3.2.2.1 Temporal anchoring;83
4.3.2.5;3.3.2.2.2 Spatial anchoring;84
4.3.2.6;3.3.2.3 The function of SpecFP;86
4.3.3;3.3.3 Summary;89
4.4;3.4 Hypotheses on language development;90
5;4 The initial state;91
5.1;4.1 Finiteness at the initial state;91
5.2;4.2 Theoretical accounts;92
5.2.1;4.2.1 Morpho-syntactic systems;94
5.2.1.1;4.2.1.1 Poeppel and Wexler (1993), Wexler (1998);94
5.2.1.2;4.2.1.2 Discussion;96
5.2.2;4.2.2 Semantic systems;99
5.2.2.1;4.2.2.1 Clahsen (1986);99
5.2.2.2;4.2.2.2 Discussion;100
5.2.2.3;4.2.2.3 Ingram and Thompson (1996);102
5.2.2.4;4.2.2.4 Discussion;104
5.2.3;4.2.3 Summary;107
5.3;4.3 The alternative;111
5.4;4.4 Summary;121
6;5 The lexical stage;123
6.1;5.1 Basic languages, research questions;123
6.2;5.2 The analysis of early learner data;127
6.3;5.3 Utterance structure at the lexical stage;136
6.3.1;5.3.1 Lexical projections;136
6.3.2;5.3.2 Testing the model: ergatives and particle verbs;141
6.3.2.1;5.3.2.1 Ergatives;142
6.3.2.2;5.3.2.2 Particle verbs;143
6.3.3;5.3.3 Word order;146
6.3.3.1;5.3.3.1 Subject first;147
6.3.3.2;5.3.3.2 Topic first;148
6.3.3.3;5.3.3.3 Head-initial;150
6.3.4;5.3.4 Summary;153
6.4;5.4 Conflicting constraints;157
6.5;5.5 Conclusion;162
6.6;5.6 From the lexical stage to the functional stage;165
7;6 The functional stage;167
7.1;6.1 The acquisition of the projection of F;167
7.1.1;6.1.1 Utterance structure at the lexical stage;167
7.1.2;6.1.2 Towards a functional topic position;169
7.1.3;6.1.3 Towards a grammatical subject position;174
7.2;6.2 Evidence of the projection of F;176
7.2.1;6.2.1 The functional topic position;176
7.2.2;6.2.2 The functional category F;180
7.2.2.1;6.2.2.1 Analysis of the modal expressions ‘ulle’, ‘mag-ikke’ and ‘nee’;180
7.2.2.2;6.2.2.2 Analysis of the unanalysed modal expressions;181
7.2.2.3;6.2.2.3 Epistemic modals;182
7.2.2.4;6.2.2.4 The auxiliary verbs ‘heb, heeft’ and ‘ben, is’;184
7.2.2.5;6.2.2.5 The auxiliary verbs ‘doe, doet’ and ‘ga, gaat’;190
7.2.3;6.2.3 Topicalization;191
7.3;6.3 The topic position;194
7.3.1;6.3.1 The affix in F as a topicalization device;194
7.3.2;6.3.2 Yes/no- and wh-questions;196
7.3.3;6.3.3 Verb-third in adult L2;199
7.4;6.4 Finiteness;203
7.4.1;6.4.1 Auxiliary verbs;203
7.4.1.1;6.4.1.1 Verb placement;203
7.4.1.2;6.4.1.2 ‘Light verbs’;205
7.4.1.3;6.4.1.3 Morphological properties of finiteness in L2 Dutch;209
7.4.2;6.4.2 Grammatical aspect;211
7.4.3;6.4.3 Tense;220
7.4.4;6.4.4 Agreement;220
7.5;6.5 Summary;221
8;7 Finiteness in language acquisition research;223
8.1;7.1 Finiteness in first language research;223
8.1.1;7.1.1 L1 Dutch: Gillis (2003);223
8.1.2;7.1.2 L1 German: Bittner (2003);227
8.1.3;7.1.3 Summary;234
8.2;7.2 Finiteness in second language research;235
8.2.1;7.2.1 Verb placement and inflectional morphology;235
8.2.1.1;7.2.1.1 The contingency between verb placement and morphology;235
8.2.1.2;7.2.1.2 Methodological questions;236
8.2.1.3;7.2.1.3 Verb placement and inflectional morphology in second language research;238
8.2.2;7.2.2 Restrictions on the contingency between verb placement and inflection;238
8.2.2.1;7.2.2.1 Parodi (1998, 2000);238
8.2.3;7.2.3 The dissociation of verb placement and inflection: The Impaired Representation Hypothesis;241
8.2.3.1;7.2.3.1 Meisel (1997);241
8.2.4;7.2.4 The separation of verb placement and inflection: The Missing Surface Inflection Hypothesis;243
8.2.4.1;7.2.4.1 Prévost and White (2000);243
8.2.5;7.2.5 The acquisition of auxiliaries as a prerequisite for verb movement;246
8.2.6;7.2.6 The stagewise acquisition of the functional category system;249
8.2.6.1;7.2.6.1 Rule and Marsden (2006);249
8.2.6.2;7.2.6.2 Vainikka and Young-Scholten (1996, 2011): The Organic Grammar approach;251
8.2.6.3;7.2.6.3 Becker (2005);254
8.2.7;7.2.7 Summary;260
8.2.7.1;7.2.7.1 The contingency between verb placement and morphology;261
8.2.7.2;7.2.7.2 The acquisition of the auxiliary as a carrier of finiteness;262
9;8 Conclusion;265
9.1;8.1 Basic languages;265
9.2;8.2 The lexical stage;265
9.3;8.3 The functional stage;274
9.4;8.4 Driving forces;279
10;References;283
11;Index;289

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Jordens, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands.