The acquisition of finiteness / / by Elma Blom
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| Autore: | Blom Elma <1972-> |
| Titolo: | The acquisition of finiteness / / by Elma Blom |
| Pubblicazione: | Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2008 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (172 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 415/.6 |
| Soggetto topico: | Cognition in children |
| Germanic languages - Acquisition | |
| Grammar, Comparative and general - Verb | |
| Language acquisition | |
| Classificazione: | HF 285 |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-159) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Background -- Chapter 3. Theoretical framework -- Chapter 4. Form and meaning -- Chapter 5. Differences across languages -- Chapter 6. Developmental patterns -- Chapter 7. Discussion -- Backmatter |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The book provides a theoretical and empirical evaluation of a field that has been the focus of generative theories on language acquisition: the acquisition of finiteness and related properties such as root infinitives, verb movement and null subjects. It contains a critical empirical assessment of the various hypotheses, lists the implications for linguistic theory and provides alternative analyses. Issues covered are: (i) the semantics of children's root infinitives (tense, modality and aspect), (ii) the relation between lexical, morphological and syntactic development in the domain of finite |
| ISBN: | 9786611999537 |
| 9781281999535 | |
| 1281999539 | |
| 9783110211436 | |
| 3110211432 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9911144355903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Studies in generative grammar ; ; 94.