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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782764903321

Autore

Blom Elma <1972->

Titolo

The acquisition of finiteness [[electronic resource] /] / by Elma Blom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2008

ISBN

1-281-99953-9

9786611999537

3-11-021143-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Collana

Studies in generative grammar, , 0167-4331 ; ; 94

Classificazione

HF 285

Disciplina

415/.6

Soggetti

Cognition in children

Germanic languages - Acquisition

Grammar, Comparative and general - Verb

Language acquisition

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 (p. [143]-159) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Background -- Chapter 3. Theoretical framework -- Chapter 4. Form and meaning -- Chapter 5. Differences across languages -- Chapter 6. Developmental patterns -- Chapter 7. Discussion -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

The book provides a theoretical and empirical evaluation of a field that has been the focus of generative theories on language acquisition: the acquisition of finiteness and related properties such as root infinitives, verb movement and null subjects. It contains a critical empirical assessment of the various hypotheses, lists the implications for linguistic theory and provides alternative analyses. Issues covered are: (i) the semantics of children's root infinitives (tense, modality and aspect), (ii) the relation between lexical, morphological and syntactic development in the domain of finite