Language acquisition the growth of grammar /

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Main Author: Guasti, Maria Teresa
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2002.
Subjects:
Language acquisition.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1
  • Basic Concepts I
  • Introduction 1
  • 1.1 Reflections on the Course of Language Acquisition 1
  • 1.2 The Logical Problem of Language Acquisition 5
  • 1.3 The Notion of Grammar 5
  • 1.4 Constraints 8
  • 1.5 Where Does Knowledge of Language Come From? 10
  • 1.6 The Critical Period 20
  • Chapter 2
  • First Steps into Language 23
  • Introduction 23
  • 2.1 The Quest for the Native Language 24
  • 2.2 Learning the Phonemic Contrasts of the Native Language 40
  • 2.3 Infants' Speech Production 47
  • 2.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 52
  • Chapter 3
  • Acquisition of the Lexicon 55
  • Introduction 55
  • 3.1 Why Finding Words Is a Problem 56
  • 3.2 Why Acquiring the Meaning of Words Is a Problem 74
  • 3.3 Acquisition of Verbs 80
  • 3.4 Bootstrapping of Syntax 90
  • 3.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 96
  • Chapter 4
  • The Emergence of Syntax 101
  • Introduction 101
  • 4.1 Word Order in Children's Productions 101
  • 4.2 The Structure of Early Clauses 103
  • 4.3 The Subject Agreement Relation 120
  • 4.4 Root Infinitives 128
  • 4.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 146
  • Chapter 5
  • Null Subjects in Early Languages 151
  • Introduction 15
  • 5.1 Parametric Accounts of Early Null Subjects 152
  • 5.2 Root Null Subjects 160
  • 5.3 Performance Accounts 179
  • 5.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 183
  • Chapter 6
  • Acquisition of Wh-Movement 187
  • Introduction 187
  • 6.1 Question Formation in Early Systems 188
  • 6.2 Auxless Questions in Early English 202
  • 6.3 Long-Distance Wh-Movement 209
  • 6.4 Relative Clauses 220
  • 6.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 240
  • Chapter 7
  • Acquisition of NP-Movement 245
  • Introduction 245
  • 7.1 Passive Constructions in Adult and Child Grammar 246
  • 7.2 A Maturational Account of Early Passive Constructions 252
  • 7.3 Problems with the Maturational Account 254
  • 7.4 New Findings about Early Passives 260
  • 7.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 268
  • Chapter 8
  • Acquisition of the Binding Principles 271
  • Introduction 271
  • 8.1 The Binding Theory 272
  • 8.2 Principle A 285
  • 8.3 Principle B 290
  • 8.4 Principle C 300
  • 8.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 308
  • Chapter 9
  • Aspects of the Acquisition of Quantification 313
  • Introduction 313
  • 9.1 Prerequisites for Handling Quantificational Structures 314
  • 9.2 The Structure of Quantified NPs and the Syntax-Semantics Mapping 316
  • 9.3 Children's Errors with Universal Quantification 329
  • 9.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 343
  • Chapter 10
  • Acquisition of Control 347
  • Introduction 347
  • 10.1 Aspects of the Theory of Control 348
  • 10.2 The Structure-Changing Hypothesis 350
  • 10.3 The Maturation Iypothesis 356
  • 10.4 The Lexical-Syntactic Integration Hypothesis 365
  • 10.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 371
  • Chapter 11
  • Dissociation between Language and Other Cognitive Abilities 375
  • Introduction 375
  • 11.1 Impaired Language in Otherwise Normal Children: Specific Language
  • Impairment 376
  • 11.2 Approaches to Specific Language Impairment 378
  • 11.3 Relatively Intact Language in an Otherwise Impaired System: Williams
  • Syndrome 398
  • 11.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 403
  • Appendix A: Normal or Gaussian Distribution 405
  • Appendix B: Tests to Assess Specific Language Impairment 406
  • Notes 409
  • Glossary 423
  • References 429
  • Index 467.

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