03239nam 2200661 a 450 991046142490332120200520144314.01-283-28017-5978661328017690-272-8171-8(CKB)2670000000113682(EBL)765845(OCoLC)301104920(SSID)ssj0001011173(PQKBManifestationID)11642229(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001011173(PQKBWorkID)11003213(PQKB)10949516(MiAaPQ)EBC765845(Au-PeEL)EBL765845(CaPaEBR)ebr10495885(EXLCZ)99267000000011368219970709d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe locative alternation in German[electronic resource] its structure and acquisition /Ursula BrinkmannAmsterdam ;Philadelphia, Pa. J. Benjamins Pub.c19971 online resource (299 p.)Language acquisition & language disorders,0925-0123 ;v. 15Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D.).90-272-2481-1 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 IndexThis 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 must meet in order to particiLanguage acquisition & language disorders ;v. 15.German languageLocative constructionsGerman languagePrepositionsGerman languageVerbGerman languageCaseGerman languageMorphologyElectronic books.German languageLocative constructions.German languagePrepositions.German languageVerb.German languageCase.German languageMorphology.435Brinkmann Ursula555457MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461424903321The locative alternation in German1957021UNINA