02651nam 2200577Ia 450 991082651060332120230617041136.01-281-29446-297866112944651-84714-336-9(CKB)1000000000414693(EBL)436210(OCoLC)229871787(SSID)ssj0000217973(PQKBManifestationID)11174966(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000217973(PQKBWorkID)10203923(PQKB)11154581(MiAaPQ)EBC436210(Au-PeEL)EBL436210(CaPaEBR)ebr10224641(CaONFJC)MIL129446(OCoLC)893334003(EXLCZ)99100000000041469320020506d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrParameter setting in language acquisition[electronic resource] /Dalila AyounLondon ;New York Continuum20031 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8264-7607-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-203) and indexes.Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Background; 3 Parameter-(re)setting theory; 4 Parameters of Universal Grammar; 5 Experimental studies in first and second language acquisition; 6 Revisiting traditional assumptions; 7 Conclusion; Note; Appendix: Languages exhibiting null subjects/arguments; Bibliography; Subject index; Name indexThis book provides a broad overview of parameter-setting theory in first and second language acquisition and refines the theory by revisiting and challenging the traditional assumptions that underlie it, based on cross-linguistic language data that cover a range of syntactic and phonological phenomena.From an historical perspective on parameter-setting theory to an introduction to its role in computational linguistics, neurolinguistics, and language change, the reader will find a critique of the most commonly made arguments, as well as an index of all the syntactic, phonological, lexical, andLanguage acquisitionPrinciples and parameters (Linguistics)Language acquisition.Principles and parameters (Linguistics)418Ayoun Dalila1963-1603570MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826510603321Parameter setting in language acquisition3927993UNINA