Parameter setting in language acquisition / Dalila Ayoun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ayoun, Dalila, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language acquisition.

Principles and parameters (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides a broad overview of parameter-setting theory in first and second language acquisition and refines the theory by revisiting and challenging the traditional assumptions that underlie it, based on cross-linguistic language data that cover a range of syntactic and phonological phenomena.From an historical perspective on parameter-setting theory to an introduction to its role in computational linguistics, neurolinguistics, and language change, the reader will find a critique of the most commonly made arguments, as well as an index of all the syntactic, phonological, lexical, and

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Background; 3 Parameter-(re)setting theory; 4 Parameters of Universal Grammar; 5 Experimental studies in first and second language acquisition; 6 Revisiting traditional assumptions; 7 Conclusion; Note; Appendix: Languages exhibiting null subjects/arguments; Bibliography; Subject index; Name index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-203) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611294465

9781281294463

1281294462

9781847143365

1847143369

OCLC:

229871787