The acquisition of finiteness / by Elma Blom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blom, Elma, 1972-

Series:

Studies in generative grammar ; 94.

Studies in generative grammar, 0167-4331 ; 94

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognition in children.

Germanic languages--Acquisition.

Germanic languages.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Language acquisition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (172 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, c2008.

Language Note:

English

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 finite

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Background

Chapter 3. Theoretical framework

Chapter 4. Form and meaning

Chapter 5. Differences across languages

Chapter 6. Developmental patterns

Chapter 7. Discussion

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-159) and index.

ISBN:

9786611999537

9781281999535

1281999539

9783110211436

3110211432

OCLC:

503441416