The acquisition of the DP in modern Greek / / Theodoros Marinis

• Autore: Marinis Theodoros
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins Pub., 2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (275 p.)
• Disciplina: 489/.3/019
• Soggetto topico: Greek language, Modern - Determiners; Greek language, Modern - Noun phrase
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Acquisition of the DP in Modern Greek -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Acquisition theories and the acquisition of the DP -- 1.1. Universal Grammar -- 1.1.1. UG and parameterisation within the PPT -- 1.1.2. UG within the MP -- 1.2. The acquisition process within the PPT -- 1.2.1. The Maturation Hypothesis -- 1.2.2. The Continuity Hypothesis -- 1.3. Language acquisition within the MP -- 1.4. Summary -- Notes -- Methodology -- 2.1. The data -- 2.2. Data collection -- 2.3. Transcription -- 2.4. Coding -- 2.4.1. Morphological tier -- 2.4.2. Syntax tier -- 2.4.3. Imitations, self-repetitions -- 2.5. The use of formulaic expressions -- 2.6. Data analysis -- 2.6.1. Quantitative analysis -- 2.6.2. Qualitative analysis -- 2.7. Summary -- Notes -- The DP in Modern Greek -- 3.1. The distribution of articles -- 3.2. The syntactic structure of the DP in MG -- 3.2.1. Horrocks & -- Stavrou (1986 -- 1987) -- 3.2.2. Karanassios (1990 -- 1992), Stavrou (1996) -- 3.2.3. The analysis adopted in this book -- 3.3. The syntax-semantics mapping -- 3.3.1. Chierchia's Nominal Mapping Parameter -- 3.3.2. Modern Greek within the Nominal Mapping Parameter model -- 3.4. Morphological marking in the Greek DP -- 3.4.1. Morphological marking on definite articles -- 3.4.2. Morphological marking on nouns -- 3.5. Summary -- Notes -- Acquiring the DP in MG -- 4.1. Evidence for the DP and the FP layer -- 4.1.1. Acquiring the definite and indefinite article -- 4.1.2. The use of articles as impostors -- 4.1.3. Acquiring the DP and the FP layer -- 4.2. The syntax-semantics mapping -- 4.2.1. Testing the Nominal Mapping Parameter model -- 4.2.2. Acquiring the licensing conditions for bare arguments -- 4.3. The acquisition of morphological marking in the MG DP. ; 4.3.1. Previous studies in morphological marking of the Greek DP -- 4.3.2. Quantitative analyses on the acquisition of number and case -- 4.3.3. Acquiring the NumP and the FP layer -- 4.4. Implications for acquisition and linguistic theory -- 4.5. Summary -- Notes -- The acquisition of the possessive construction -- 5.1. The properties of the MG possessive construction -- 5.2. Syntactic analyses of the MG possessive construction -- 5.3. Acquiring the possessive construction in MG -- 5.3.1. Word order in the possessive construction -- 5.3.2. Word order and the use of definite articles in the possessive construction -- 5.3.3. Quantitative analysis of the use of definite articles and genitive marking on the possessor -- 5.4. Implications for acquisition and linguistic theory -- 5.5. Summary -- Notes -- The acquisition of Determiner Spreading -- 6.1. The properties of Determiner Spreading -- 6.2. Syntactic analyses of DS -- 6.2.1. Androutsopoulou (1994 -- 1995) -- 6.2.2. Alexiadou & -- Wilder (1998) -- 6.2.3. The analysis adopted in this book -- 6.3. Acquiring Determiner Spreading -- 6.3.1. The emergence of DS -- 6.3.2. DS compared to other structures involving the CP and the DP layer -- 6.3.3. DS involving pronouns -- 6.4. Implications for acquisition and linguistic theory -- 6.5. Summary -- Notes -- The acquisition of appositive constructions involving kinship terms and proper names -- 7.1. The properties of close appositions in MG -- 7.2. Syntactic analyses of CAs in MG -- 7.2.1. Stavrou (1994 -- 1995) -- 7.2.2. The analyses adopted in this book -- 7.3. Acquiring CAs with KTs and PNs -- 7.3.1. The developmental pattern in the acquisition of CAs with KTs and PNs -- 7.3.2. Quantitative analysis of word order in CAs with KTs and PNs -- 7.3.3. Qualitative analysis of word order in CAs with KTs and PNs. ; 7.4. Implications for acquisition and linguistic theory -- 7.5. Summary -- Notes -- Summary and conclusion -- 8.1. Putting the pieces together -- 8.2. Comparison to the acquisition of the DP cross-linguistically -- 8.3. Maturation vs. continuity -- 8.4. Implications for linguistic theory -- 8.5. General conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Index -- The series LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND LANGUAGE DISORDERS.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book offers new data on the acquisition of functional categories in early child speech. Based on longitudinal corpora of five children acquiring Modern Greek as their first language, it describes the development of single DPs consisting of definite and indefinite articles, complex DPs that require the use of multiple definite articles - possessive constructions, appositive constructions and Determiner Spreading, a form of adjectival modification - and number and case marking in nouns and definite articles. Detailed quantitative and qualitative analyses show an incremental development of the DP. The findings address the debate concerning maturation versus continuity. Incremental acquisition of the DP argues in favour of a weak continuity approach to language acquisition. Whilst gradual acquisition of the DP remains unexplained within the Principles and Parameters Theory, it is fully compatible within Minimalism, as it is argued to result from the gradual acquisition of the features associated with the Greek DP.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Acquisition of the DP in Modern Greek
• ISBN: 1-282-16077-X; 9786612160776; 90-272-9598-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819113203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Language acquisition & language disorders ; ; v. 31.