Prefunctional Stage of First Language Acquistion Rle Linguistics C: - A Crosslinguistic Study

This book provides a theory of first language acquisition in the syntactic framework of the theory of Universal Grammar. It addresses issues related to the earliest stage of development which ends roughly around the child's second birthday. The theory put forward capitalises on the traditional observation that early child grammars characteristically lack lexical and morphological elements which belong to the 'closed-class' system. This book provides an account of the grammatical differences between the set of functional categories and the substantive categories.

List of contents

1. The Theoretical Framework 2. Aspect 3. Agreement and Null Arguments 4. Word-Order 5. Negation and Modality 6. Summary and Further Issues

About the author

Ianthi-Maria Tsimpli

Product details

• Authors: Ianthi-Maria Tsimpli
• Assisted by: Ianthi-Maria Tsimpli (Editor), Tsimpli Ianthi-Maria (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.11.2013
• EAN: 9780415724098
• ISBN: 978-0-415-72409-8
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Literature: history & criticism, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Literature: history and criticism