LEADER 03546nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910810588003321 005 20230607231157.0 010 $a3-11-092352-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110923520 035 $a(CKB)2670000000234982 035 $a(EBL)938378 035 $a(OCoLC)843207053 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000559770 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12230040 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000559770 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10569344 035 $a(PQKB)11309998 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC938378 035 $a(DE-B1597)45677 035 $a(OCoLC)979606642 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110923520 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL938378 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10585526 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000234982 100 $a20020628d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFunctional categories in language acquisition $eself-organization of a dynamical system /$fAnnette Hohenberger 205 $aReprint 2011 210 $aTu?bingen $cMax Niemeyer Verlag$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (328 p.) 225 1 $aLinguistische Arbeiten,$x0344-6727 ;$v456 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-484-30456-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [303]-318). 327 $apt. A. Self-organization and language acquisition -- pt. B. Theme and variation -- pt. C. Dynamical principles and notions in language acquisition -- pt. D. Outlook. 330 $aThis study investigates the acquisition of Functional Categories (e.g., INFL (AGR, TNS), DET, COMP) from the perspective of self-organization in generative grammar. Language is conceived of as a dynamical system which evolves in time and bifurcates when critical thresholds are reached. The emergence of syntax as evidenced by the acquisition of Functional Categories is the major bifurcation in child language acquisition. Target values of syntactic parameters are attractors which children approach on individual trajectories. A proposed tripartite scenario of change - from a simple stable state A, via symmetry-breaking in a liminal phase B characterized by variation, to a new complex stable state C - accounts for the dynamics in early grammatical development. Traditional generative issues, such as the acquisition of case-marking, finiteness, V2, and wh-questions, are discussed as well as new issues, such as functional neologisms, and sentential blends. Dynamical notions like precursor, oscillation, symmetry-breaking, and trigger are important explanatory tools. The growing child phrase marker is a fractal mental object which represents syntactic information by way of self-similar extended projections. The book addresses researchers in language acquisition from various theoretical camps: generative, functional, connectionist, by giving new answers to old questions in the light of a novel challenging theory: self-organization. 410 0$aLinguistische Arbeiten (Max Niemeyer Verlag) ;$v456. 606 $aLanguage acquisition 606 $aGrammar, Comparative and general$xSyntax 615 0$aLanguage acquisition. 615 0$aGrammar, Comparative and general$xSyntax. 676 $a401.93 686 $aER 920$2rvk 700 $aHohenberger$b Annette$01638820 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810588003321 996 $aFunctional categories in language acquisition$93981475 997 $aUNINA