Language acquisition and the functional category system
Introduction.Language acquisition from a functional perspective ;Overview of the bookLexical vs. functional elements ;Structure in language ;Language structure in production;Phrase structure:Lexical selection:Phrasal coherence;Utterance structure:Perspective taking:Contextual embedding:Lexical categ...
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2012
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| Schriftenreihe: | Studies on language acquisition
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction.Language acquisition from a functional perspective ;Overview of the bookLexical vs. functional elements ;Structure in language ;Language structure in production;Phrase structure:Lexical selection:Phrasal coherence;Utterance structure:Perspective taking:Contextual embedding:Lexical categories:Functional categories;Word formation:Derivation, inherent and contextual inflection:Lexical and functional categories of word formation ;Learner systems;Utterance structure at the initial stage;Word formation at the initial stage ;First and second language acquisition ;Research questions ;Data sourcesThe target system.Introduction ;Utterance structure;Basic word order;Word order variation;Information structure and lexical meaning:VP structure:FP structure:The function of F:Movement;Summary ;Utterance production;Conceptualization, lexicalization and predication:Conceptualization:Lexicalization:Predication;Expressing finiteness and contextual embedding:The semantic function of finiteness :Truth value:Anchoring :Temporal anchoring :Spatial anchoring:The function of SpecFP;Summary ;Hypotheses on language developmentThe initial state.Finiteness at the initial state ;Theoretical accounts;Morpho-syntactic systems:Poeppel and Wexler (1993), Wexler (1998):Discussion;Semantic systems:Clahsen (1986):Discussion:Ingram and Thompson (1996):Discussion;Summary ;The alternative ;SummaryThe lexical stage.Basic languages, research questions ;The analysis of early learner data ;Utterance structure at the lexical stage;Lexical projections;Testing the model : ergativesand particle verbs:Ergatives:Particle verbs;Word order:Subject first:Topic first;Head-initial;Summary ;Conflicting constraints ;Conclusion ;From the lexical stage to the functional stageThe functional stage.The acquisition of the projection of F;Utterance structure at the lexical stage;Towards a functional topic position;Towards a grammatical subject position ;Evidence of the projection of F;The functional topic position;The functional category F:Analysis of the modal expressions 'ulle', 'mag-ikke' and 'nee':Analysis of the unanalysed modal expressions:Epistemic modals:The auxiliary verbs 'heb, heeft' and 'ben, is':The auxiliary verbs 'doe, doef and 'ga, gaat';Topicalization ;The topic position;The affix in F as a topicalization device;Yes/no- and wh-questions;Verb-third in adult L2 ;Finiteness;Auxiliary verbs:Verb placement:'Light verbs':Morphological properties of finiteness in L2 Dutch;Grammatical aspect;Tense;Agreement ;SummaryFiniteness in language acquisition research.Finiteness in first language research;L1 Dutch : Gillis (2003);L1 German : Bittner (2003);Summary ;Finiteness in second language research;Verb placement and inflectional morphology:The contingency between verb placement and morphology:Methodological questions:Verb placement and inflectional morphology in second language research;Restrictions on the contingency between verb placement and inflection:Parodi (1998, 2000);The dissociation of verb placement and inflection : the impaired representation Hypothesis:Meisel (1997);The separation of verb placement and inflection : the missing surface inflection Hypothesis:Pré́vost and white (2000);The acquisition of auxiliaries as a prerequisite for verb movement;The stagewise acquisition of the functional category system:Rule and Marsden (2006):Vainikka and Young-Scholten (1996, 2011) : The organic grammar approach:Becker (2005);Summary:The contingency between verb placement and morphology:The acquisition of the auxiliary as a carrier of finitenessConclusion.Basic languages ;The lexical stage ;The functional stage ;Driving forcesReferencesIndex. |
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| Beschreibung: | Im Verlagsprospekt angekündigt u.d.T.: Fniteness - from al lexical to a functional category |
| Beschreibung: | XII, 279 S. graph. Darst. 230 mm x 155 mm |
| ISBN: | 9783110216202 978-3-11-021620-2 |