The acquisition of finiteness [[electronic resource] /] / by Elma Blom

• Autore: Blom Elma <1972->
• Pubblicazione: Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2008
• 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
• Soggetto non controllato: Language acquisition; inflexion, infinitives; syntax
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The acquisition of finiteness
• ISBN: 1-281-99953-9; 9786611999537; 3-11-021143-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808620803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in generative grammar ; ; 94.