The Acquisition of Finiteness

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 t...

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Main Author Blom, Elma
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Germany De Gruyter 2008
Mouton de Gruyter
De Gruyter, Inc
De Gruyter Mouton
Edition1. Aufl.
SeriesStudies in Generative Grammar [SGG]
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Language
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
Kultur Literatur Sprache
Kultur Sprachwissenschaft
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Summary: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 finiteness, (iii) the role of the input, and (iv) the interference of cognitive development. Typological focus is on Germanic languages.
ISBN:9783110211436
3110211432
9783110190830
3110190834
DOI:10.1515/9783110211436