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Autore |
Brinkmann Ursula |
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Titolo |
The locative alternation in German : its structure and acquisition / / Ursula Brinkmann |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub., , 1997 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-28017-5 |
9786613280176 |
90-272-8171-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (299 pages) |
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Collana |
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Language acquisition & language disorders, , 0925-0123 ; ; v. 15 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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German language - Locative constructions |
German language - Prepositions |
German language - Verb |
German language - Case |
German language - Morphology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D.). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; Chapter 1: Argument Structure Alternations and the No Negative Evidence Problem; Chapter 2: Theories of the Acquisition of Argument Structure Alterations; Chapter 3: The Structure of the Locative Alternation; Chapter 4: The Nonindividuation Hypothesis; Chapter 5: The Production Experiment: Testing the Nonindividuation Hypothesis; Chapter 6: Restrictions on be-Prefixation; Chapter 7: The Comprehension Experiment: Testing Children's Inter-pretation of be-Verbs; Chapter 8: Summary and Conclusions; Appendices; References; Author Index; Subject Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This monograph deals with the locative alternation in German, a change in the argument structure of verbs like spray and load. Like most argument structure changes, the alternation is both productive and constrained: new forms may be derived, but not from all candidate verbs. This raises a learnability problem: how can children determine, in the absence of negative evidence, which verbs participate in the alternation? The Locative Alternation in German tries to answer this question by providing an in-depth analysis of the conditions that verbs |
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