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Handbook of Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition [electronic resource] / edited by Jill de Villiers, Tom Roeper.

By: de Villiers, Jill [editor.].
Contributor(s): Roeper, Tom [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics: 41Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011Description: VIII, 404 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789400716889.Subject(s): Linguistics | Psycholinguistics | Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax | Language and languages | Linguistics | Psycholinguistics | Language Education | SyntaxDDC classification: 401.9 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction -- Missing Subjects in Early Child Language -- Grammatical Computation in the Optional Infinitive Stage -- Computational Models of Language Acquisition -- The Acquisition of the Passive -- The Acquistion Path of Wh-Questions -- Binding and Coreference: Views from Child Language -- Universal Grammar and the Acquisition of Japanese Syntax -- Studying Language Acquistion Through the Prism of Isomorphism -- Acquiring Knowledge of Universal Quantification -- Name Index -- Subject Index.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Modern linguistic theory has been based on the promise of explaining how language acquisition can occur so rapidly with such subtlety, and with both surprising uniformity and diversity across languages. This handbook provides a summary and assessment of how far that promise has been fulfilled, exploring core concepts in acquisition theory, including notions of the initial state, parameters, triggering theory, the role of competition and frequency, and many others, across a variety of syntactic topics that have formed the central domains of investigation and debate. These topics are treated from the unique perspective of central actors in each domain who have helped shape the research agenda. The authors have presented a summary of the data, the theories under discussion, and their own best assessments of where each domain stands. Providing as well the agenda for future work in the field showing both particular needs and general directions that should be pursued in the coming decades.
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Introduction -- Missing Subjects in Early Child Language -- Grammatical Computation in the Optional Infinitive Stage -- Computational Models of Language Acquisition -- The Acquisition of the Passive -- The Acquistion Path of Wh-Questions -- Binding and Coreference: Views from Child Language -- Universal Grammar and the Acquisition of Japanese Syntax -- Studying Language Acquistion Through the Prism of Isomorphism -- Acquiring Knowledge of Universal Quantification -- Name Index -- Subject Index.

Modern linguistic theory has been based on the promise of explaining how language acquisition can occur so rapidly with such subtlety, and with both surprising uniformity and diversity across languages. This handbook provides a summary and assessment of how far that promise has been fulfilled, exploring core concepts in acquisition theory, including notions of the initial state, parameters, triggering theory, the role of competition and frequency, and many others, across a variety of syntactic topics that have formed the central domains of investigation and debate. These topics are treated from the unique perspective of central actors in each domain who have helped shape the research agenda. The authors have presented a summary of the data, the theories under discussion, and their own best assessments of where each domain stands. Providing as well the agenda for future work in the field showing both particular needs and general directions that should be pursued in the coming decades.

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