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The locative alternation in German : its structure and acquisition / / Ursula Brinkmann



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Autore: Brinkmann Ursula Visualizza persona
Titolo: The locative alternation in German : its structure and acquisition / / Ursula Brinkmann Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub., , 1997
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (299 pages)
Disciplina: 435
Soggetto topico: German language - Locative constructions
German language - Prepositions
German language - Verb
German language - Case
German language - Morphology
Note generali: Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D.).
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Chapter 1: Argument Structure Alternations and the No Negative Evidence Problem; Chapter 2: Theories of the Acquisition of Argument Structure Alterations; Chapter 3: The Structure of the Locative Alternation; Chapter 4: The Nonindividuation Hypothesis; Chapter 5: The Production Experiment: Testing the Nonindividuation Hypothesis; Chapter 6: Restrictions on be-Prefixation; Chapter 7: The Comprehension Experiment: Testing Children's Inter-pretation of be-Verbs; Chapter 8: Summary and Conclusions; Appendices; References; Author Index; Subject Index
Sommario/riassunto: This monograph deals with the locative alternation in German, a change in the argument structure of verbs like spray and load. Like most argument structure changes, the alternation is both productive and constrained: new forms may be derived, but not from all candidate verbs. This raises a learnability problem: how can children determine, in the absence of negative evidence, which verbs participate in the alternation? The Locative Alternation in German tries to answer this question by providing an in-depth analysis of the conditions that verbs must meet.
Titolo autorizzato: The locative alternation in German  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-28017-5
9786613280176
90-272-8171-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910812129903321
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Serie: Language acquisition & language disorders ; ; 15.