Generative linguistics and acquisition [[electronic resource] ] : studies in honor of Nina M. Hyams / / Edited by Misha Becker, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ; John Grinstead The Ohio State University, Columbus ; Jason Rothman ; University of Florida, Gainesville

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452377603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013
• ISBN: 1-299-39643-7; 90-272-7226-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (364 p.)
• Collana: Language acquisition and language disorders, , 0925-0123 ; ; v. 54
• Disciplina: 410
• Soggetti: Generative grammar; Language acquisition; English language - Acquisition; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Generative Linguistics and Acquisition; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; Acknowledgments; References; Animacy, argument structure and unaccusatives in child English; 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical background: The unaccusative-unergative distinction; 3. Previous studies: Arguments for and against A-movement in children's unaccusatives; 4. English unaccusatives: Diagnostics and predictions for child language; 5. Method; 6. Results; 6.1 Subject animacy; 6.2 Null subjects; 6.3 Resultatives; 6.4 Postverbal subjects; 7. Conclusions; References; Remarks on theoretical accounts of Japanese children's passive acquisition1. Introduction; 2. A-chains in Japanese passives; 2.1 An empty category in Japanese ni direct passive; 2.2 A-chain or anaphora with pro?; 2.3 The A-chain analysis of Japanese ni direct passives; 3. The ACDH account of children's passive acquisition; 3.1. English passive acquisition and the ACDH; 3.2 Japanese passive acquisition and the ACDH; 4. Comparing the long passive and the long passive-unaccusative amalgam; 4.1 Establishing a minimal pair; 4.2 ; Experimental data; 5. Comparing the long passive and the short passive; 6. Discussion6.1 A θ-transmission Difficulty Hypothesis account; 6.2 On raising acquisition; References; Early or late acquisition of inflected infinitives in European Portuguese?; 1. Introduction; 2. Syntax and semantics of (canonical) inflected infinitives; 3. Acquisition of inflected infinitives in EP; 3.1 Methodology; 3.2 First spontaneous inflected infinitives in European Portuguese; 3.3 Discussion; 4. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; The relationship between determiner omission and root infinitives in child English; 1. Introduction; 2. Previous work: Hoekstra, Hyams, and Becker; 2.1 Theoretical proposal2.2 English data; 2.3 German data; 2.4 Dutch data; 3. New English counts; 3.1 Transcripts and counting procedures; 3.2 Results; 4. Implications; Acknowledgments; References; The semantics of the tense deficit in child Spanish SLI; 1. Introduction; 2. Tense and aspect; 2.1 Aspect before tense; 3. Tense and root infinitives in child Spanish; 3.1 Tense and root infinitives in Spanish-speaking children with SLI; 3.2 SLI as a tense deficit at the semantic level; 4. Research questions; 5. Methods; 5.1 Participants; 5.2 Procedures; 6. Results; 7. Conclusions; References; The acquisition of reflexives and pronounsby Faroese children1. Introduction; 2. Basic binding facts of Faroese; 3. Experimental setup; 4. Results; 4.1 The developmental delay of pronouns; 4.2 How do Faroese adults judge sentences with seg?; 4.3 How do Faroese children acquire the binding properties of seg?; 5. Conclusion; References; Pronouns vs. definite descriptions; 1. Introduction; 2. Schlenker's Principle C; 3. The restrictors of pronouns; 3.1 Minimal pronouns; 3.2 Minimize Restrictor! + minimal pronouns = Principle C; 4. Evidence from Vehicle Change; 5. Consequences for acquisition; References
• Sommario/riassunto: This paper proposes a new theory of why null-subjects of finite verbs are produced by young children developing a non-null-subject language. We first show that one of the extant theories, Topic-Drop, isn't supported. Modifying ideas proposed in Rizzi (2006), we assume that finite null-subjects arise in the specifier of a root TP, and may be null as the result of phasal computation. But we reject the idea that the selection of a root is an arbitrary, parametric process. Using new work in syntactic theory that relates information structure (namely undistinguished subjects) to root Tense Phrases

Assembly of the Photosystem II Membrane-Protein Complex of Oxygenic Photosynthesis

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910227347403321
• Autore: Roman SobotkaJulian J. Eaton-Rye
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Frontiers Media SA, 2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (315 p.)
• Collana: Frontiers Research Topics
• Soggetti: Botany & plant sciences
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: Photosystem II is a 700-kDa membrane-protein super-complex responsible for the light-driven splitting of water in oxygenic photosynthesis. The photosystem is comprised of two 350-kDa complexes each made of 20 different polypeptides and over 80 co-factors. While there have been major advances in understanding the mature structure of this photosystem many key protein factors involved in the assembly of the complex do not appear in the holoenzyme. The mechanism for assembling this super-complex is a very active area of research with newly discovered assembly factors and subcomplexes requiring characterization. Additionally the ability to split water is inseparable from light-induced photodamage that arises from radicals and reactive O2 species generated by Photosystem II chemistry. Consequently, to sustain water splitting, a "self repair" cycle has evolved whereby damaged protein is removed and replaced so as to extend the working life of the complex. Understanding how the biogenesis and repair processes are coordinated is among several important questions that remain to be answered. Other questions include: how and when are the inorganic cofactors inserted during the assembly and repair processes and how are the subcomplexes protected from photodamage during assembly? Evidence has also been obtained for Photosystem II biogenesis centers in cyanobacteria but do these also exist in plants? Do the molecular mechanisms associated with Photosystem II assembly shed fresh light on the assembly of other ; major energy-transducing complexes such as Photosystem I or the cytochrome b6/f complex or indeed other respiratory complexes? The contributions to this Frontiers in Plant Science Research Topic are likely to reveal new details applicable to the assembly of a range of membrane-protein complexes, including aspects of self-assembly and solar energy conversion that may be applied to artificial photosynthetic systems. In addition, a deeper understanding of Photosystem II assembly - particularly in response to changing environmental conditions - will provide new knowledge underpinning photosynthetic yields which may contribute to improved food production and long-term food security.