Autore	Huang Xuanfan
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2013]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (470 pages)
Disciplina	495.15
Collana	Studies in Chinese language and discourse
Soggetto topico	Chinese language - Grammar - Study and teaching Chinese language - Grammar Chinese philology
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	90-272-7136-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910453724403321

Autore	Gould Isaac (Linguist)
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2017]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource
Disciplina	401.93
Collana	Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today
Soggetto topico	Language acquisition Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax Generative grammar
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Intro -- Choosing a Grammar -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1. A model for language learning -- 1.1 Core themes: A first look -- 1.2 Revisiting the core themes: A look at some similar learning models -- 2. The puzzle of ambiguous evidence -- 2.1 Preliminary considerations -- 2.2 The general case -- 2.3 The subset case -- 3. Ambiguous evidence and modeling learner errors and variability -- 3.1 Errors -- 3.2 Variability -- 4. Ambiguity and development -- 2. The learning model -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Overview of the model -- 2.1 Introducing the model with two toy examples -- 2.2 The learning procedure: A summary -- 2.3 Ambiguous vs. unambiguous input -- 2.4 Prior probabilities and the update procedure -- 2.5 Generality of the model and learning results -- 3. Comparison with other learning models -- 3.1 Sakas and Fodor (2001): The Structural Triggers Learner -- 3.2 Gibson and Wexler (1994): The Triggering Learning Algorithm -- 3.3 Yang (2002): The Naïve Parameter Learner -- 4. Summary -- 3. The acquisition of verb movement in Swiss German -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The core data of verb placement in Swiss German -- 2.1 Adult grammar -- 2.2 Child productions -- 3. Some possible analyses -- 3.1 Alternative #1: Overgeneralizing V2 in embedded clauses -- 3.2 Alternative #2: Extraposition in embedded clauses -- 3.3 Alternative #3: Overgeneralizing VR/VPR -- 3.4 Schönenberger's analysis: Verb movement in embedded clauses -- 4. A learning model for the acquisition puzzle -- 4.1 Analysis of the adult and child grammars -- 4.2 Overview of the model -- 4.3 Insight of the model -- 4.4 Predictions for the model -- 5. Results and discussion -- 5.1 Priors and update procedure -- 5.2 Results -- 5.3 A closer look at the acquisition data: The distribution of subjects in embedded clauses. 6. Comparison with other learning models -- 7. The broader German perspective -- 8. The relation between input and learning -- 9. Summary -- 4. Head-finality and verb movement in Korean -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Modeling the effects of parameter interaction: The core example -- 2.1 A schematic version of the model: Learning in a 3-parameter hypothesis space -- 2.2 Results of the 3-parameter model -- 3. Making the model more general: A simplified Korean -- 3.1. Expanding the hypothesis space -- 3.2 Expanding the corpus -- 3.3 Predictions for the model -- 4. Han et al. (2007) and the current model: A deeper look at modeling end-state variability -- 4.1 Review of Han et al. (2007) -- 4.2 Comparison of Han et al. (2007) and the current model -- 4.3 Toward a unification of Han et al. (2007) and the current model -- 5. Results and discussion -- 5.1 Results of the 5-parameter model -- 5.2 Variability with a probabilistic learner: A broader perspective -- 6. Comparison with other models -- 7. Constraining the model: A first attempt -- 8. Summary -- 5. The case of zero-derived causatives in English -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Pylkkänen (2008) and the learning challenge -- 2.1 Review of Pylkkänen (2008) -- 2.2 The learning challenge -- 3. Addressing the challenge -- 3.1 Learning from implicit negative evidence: The case of zero-derived causatives -- 3.2 Making the model more general -- 3.3 Results -- 3.4 Learning the grammar of the superset language -- 4. Comparison with other models -- 5. Summary -- 6. Learning biases -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A problem for defaults -- 2.1 Errors in Swedish -- 2.2 Errors in English -- 2.3 Toward accounting for the Swedish and English errors -- 3. Constraining the model: A new proposal -- 4. Summary -- 7. Final summary -- References -- Swiss German input types and corresponding compatible grammars. Additional evidence for a Root-selecting grammar in English? -- Index.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910792928003321

Autore	Collins Peter <1950->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Amsterdam/Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1999
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (352 p.)
Disciplina	425
Altri autori (Persone)	LeeDavid (David A.)
Collana	Studies in Language Companion Series
Soggetto topico	English language -- Clauses
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-16300-0 9786612163005 90-272-9877-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	THE CLAUSE IN ENGLISH; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Contributors; Introduction; Curriculum Vitae of Rodney Desmond Huddleston; The semantics of English quantifiers; Language, linear precedence and parentheticals; The English modifier well; The deictic-presentation construction in English; Relative clauses: Structure and typology on the periphery of standard English; Post nominal modifiers in the English noun phrase; Elliptical clauses in spoken and written English; On the nature of ?I believe Jack to arrive tomorrow; Intransitive prepositions: Are they viable? Sentences, clauses, statements and propositionsSome interactions between tense and negation in English; The English accusative-and-infinitive construction: A categorial analysis; On the boundaries of syntax: Non-syntagmatic relations; Gerund participles and head-complement inflection conditions; Isolated if-clauses in Australian English; Functional and structural: The practicalities of clause knowledge in language education; Subject Index; STUDIES IN LANGUAGE COMPANION SERIES (SLCS)
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910453876803321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2013]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (221 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina	495.101/41
Altri autori (Persone)	McCabeAllyssa ChangChien-ju
Collana	Studies in narrative
Soggetto topico	Chinese language - Rhetoric Chinese language - Study and teaching (Early childhood) Discourse analysis, Narrative
ISBN	90-272-7109-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Narrative self-making during dinnertime conversations in Chinese immigrant families / Jessie Bee Kim Koh and Qi Wang -- Evaluation in Mandarin Chinese children's personal narratives / Chien-ju Chang and Allyssa McCabe -- Chinese and English referential skill in Taiwanese children's spoken narratives / Ming-hui Sung and Chien-ju Chang -- Global and local connections in Mandarin-speaking children's narratives : a developmental study based on the frog story / Wen-hui Sah -- Socioeconomic differences in Taiwanese children's personal narratives : conjunctions, internal state terms, and narrative structures / Wen-Feng Lai -- A study of narrative development of young Chinese children with specific language impairment aged four to six years / Fangfang Zhang -- Narratives of Mandarin-speaking patients with schizophrenia / Ning Hsu, Hintat Cheung, Enan Wang, and Tai-li Chou.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910790778703321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2013]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (221 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina	495.101/41
Altri autori (Persone)	McCabeAllyssa ChangChien-ju
Collana	Studies in narrative
Soggetto topico	Chinese language - Rhetoric Chinese language - Study and teaching (Early childhood) Discourse analysis, Narrative
ISBN	90-272-7109-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Narrative self-making during dinnertime conversations in Chinese immigrant families / Jessie Bee Kim Koh and Qi Wang -- Evaluation in Mandarin Chinese children's personal narratives / Chien-ju Chang and Allyssa McCabe -- Chinese and English referential skill in Taiwanese children's spoken narratives / Ming-hui Sung and Chien-ju Chang -- Global and local connections in Mandarin-speaking children's narratives : a developmental study based on the frog story / Wen-hui Sah -- Socioeconomic differences in Taiwanese children's personal narratives : conjunctions, internal state terms, and narrative structures / Wen-Feng Lai -- A study of narrative development of young Chinese children with specific language impairment aged four to six years / Fangfang Zhang -- Narratives of Mandarin-speaking patients with schizophrenia / Ning Hsu, Hintat Cheung, Enan Wang, and Tai-li Chou.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910822818703321