The Acquisition of Verb Placement - Functional Categories and V2 Phenomena in Language Acquisition (Hardcover)

The twelve contributions in this volume all focus on the question of whether developing grammars contain, at each stage of language acquisition, the full range of functional categories such as INFL, AGR, or COMP. The evidence examined is the placement of verbs, especially in verb-second constructions. Since the position of verbal elements depends on the finiteness distinction (the presence of agreement and tense markings), the development of these phenomena is studied as well. Although there is consensus among the authors that grammars in the course of language acquisition conform at each stage to the principles of universal grammar, they disagree on whether the full repertoire of functional categories is available from early on, or whether some are implemented only later. The studies presented here investigate monolingual and bilingual first language acquisition as well as adult second language acquisition. The languages studied are Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Sesotho, and Swedish.

General

Imprint:	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics, v. 16
Release date:	August 1992
First published:	August 1992
Editors:	Jurgen M. Meisel
Dimensions:	230mm (L)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	464
ISBN-13:	978-0-7923-1906-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7923-1906-0
Barcode:	9780792319061

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