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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778487103321

Autore

Westergaard Marit R (Marit Richardsen)

Titolo

The acquisition of word order : micro-cues, information structure, and economy / / Marit Westergaard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia ; ; Amsterdam : , : John Benjamins Pub. Company, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

1-282-31227-8

9786612312274

90-272-8934-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 245 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Linguistik aktuell/linguistics today, , 0166-0829 ; ; v. 145

Disciplina

439.8/282421

Soggetti

Norwegian language - Word order

Norwegian language - Acquisition

Grammar, Comparative and general - Word order

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements -- Preliminaries -- Word order variation and the structure of the target language -- The syntax of V2 and a model of micro-cues -- The input -- The acquisition of word order in non-subject-initial declaratives -- The acquisition of word order in subject-initial declaratives -- The acquisition of word order in wh-questions -- The acquisition of word order in yes/no-questions -- The acquisition of word order in non-V2 contexts -- Micro-cues, information structure, and economy -- References -- Appendix -- Index.