Language Acquisition and Syntactic Theory

Language Acquisition and Syntactic Theory
Author :
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 178
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9789401125741
ISBN-13 : 9401125740
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Language Acquisition and Syntactic Theory by : A.E. Pierce

Download or read book Language Acquisition and Syntactic Theory written by A.E. Pierce and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theory of language acquisition is a young but increasingly active field. Language Acquisition and Syntactic Theory presents one of the first detailed studies of comparative syntax acquisition. It is informed by the view that linguists and acquisitionists are essentially working on the same problem, that of explaining grammar learnability. The author takes cross-linguistic data from child language as evidence for recent proposals in syntactic theory. Developments in the structure of children's sentences during the first few years of life are traced to changes in the setting of specific grammatical parameters. Some surprising differences between the early child grammars of French and English are uncovered, differences that can only be explained on the basis of subtle distinctions in inflectional structure. This motivates the author's claim that functional or nonthematic categories are represented in the grammars of very young children. The book also explores the relationship between acquisition and diachronic change in French and English. It is argued that findings in acquisition, when viewed from a parameter setting perspective, provide answers to important questions arising in the study of language change. The book promises to be of interest to all those involved in the formal, psychological or historical study of linguistic knowledge.


Language Acquisition and Syntactic Theory Related Books

Language Acquisition and Syntactic Theory
Language: en
Pages: 178
Authors: A.E. Pierce
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-12-06 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The theory of language acquisition is a young but increasingly active field. Language Acquisition and Syntactic Theory presents one of the first detailed studie
Language Evolution and Syntactic Theory
Language: en
Pages: 237
Authors: Anna R. Kinsella
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-07-23 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Discusses the relationship between Chomskyan syntactic theory and the evolution of language.
Syntactic Structures
Language: en
Pages: 120
Authors: Noam Chomsky
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-05-18 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

No detailed description available for "Syntactic Structures".
Evolutionary Syntax
Language: en
Pages: 280
Authors: Ljiljana Progovac
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In this book, Ljiljana Progovac proposes a gradualist, adaptationist approach to the evolution of syntax, subject to natural selection. She provides a specific
Why Only Us
Language: en
Pages: 229
Authors: Robert C. Berwick
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-05-12 - Publisher: MIT Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Berwick and Chomsky draw on recent developments in linguistic theory to offer an evolutionary account of language and humans' remarkable, species-specific abili