03546nam 2200625 a 450 991081058800332120230607231157.03-11-092352-110.1515/9783110923520(CKB)2670000000234982(EBL)938378(OCoLC)843207053(SSID)ssj0000559770(PQKBManifestationID)12230040(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000559770(PQKBWorkID)10569344(PQKB)11309998(MiAaPQ)EBC938378(DE-B1597)45677(OCoLC)979606642(DE-B1597)9783110923520(Au-PeEL)EBL938378(CaPaEBR)ebr10585526(EXLCZ)99267000000023498220020628d2002 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrFunctional categories in language acquisition self-organization of a dynamical system /Annette HohenbergerReprint 2011Tübingen Max Niemeyer Verlag20021 online resource (328 p.)Linguistische Arbeiten,0344-6727 ;456Description based upon print version of record.3-484-30456-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-318).pt. A. Self-organization and language acquisition -- pt. B. Theme and variation -- pt. C. Dynamical principles and notions in language acquisition -- pt. D. Outlook.This study investigates the acquisition of Functional Categories (e.g., INFL (AGR, TNS), DET, COMP) from the perspective of self-organization in generative grammar. Language is conceived of as a dynamical system which evolves in time and bifurcates when critical thresholds are reached. The emergence of syntax as evidenced by the acquisition of Functional Categories is the major bifurcation in child language acquisition. Target values of syntactic parameters are attractors which children approach on individual trajectories. A proposed tripartite scenario of change - from a simple stable state A, via symmetry-breaking in a liminal phase B characterized by variation, to a new complex stable state C - accounts for the dynamics in early grammatical development. Traditional generative issues, such as the acquisition of case-marking, finiteness, V2, and wh-questions, are discussed as well as new issues, such as functional neologisms, and sentential blends. Dynamical notions like precursor, oscillation, symmetry-breaking, and trigger are important explanatory tools. The growing child phrase marker is a fractal mental object which represents syntactic information by way of self-similar extended projections. The book addresses researchers in language acquisition from various theoretical camps: generative, functional, connectionist, by giving new answers to old questions in the light of a novel challenging theory: self-organization. Linguistische Arbeiten (Max Niemeyer Verlag) ;456.Language acquisitionGrammar, Comparative and generalSyntaxLanguage acquisition.Grammar, Comparative and generalSyntax.401.93ER 920rvkHohenberger Annette1638820MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810588003321Functional categories in language acquisition3981475UNINA