Born to parse : how children select their languages / David W. Lightfoot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lightfoot, David, 1945- author.

Series:

The MIT Press

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language awareness in children.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Parsing.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Second language acquisition--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Second language acquisition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (131 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge The MIT Press 2020

Cambridge : The MIT Press, 2020.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book represents a new approach to language acquisition and to variable properties in language. By taking a novel approach in allowing for an account of the acquisition of variable properties of language and a biologically plausible treatment of language variation, Lightfoot argues against the use of binary parameters, for the centrality of parsing in language acquisition, and for the "openness" of Universal Grammar"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Three Visions

2. Three New Parses

3. Parsing and Variable Properties

4. Parsing at Interfaces

5. Population Biology: The Spread of New Variable Properties

6. Variable Properties in Language: Their Nature and Selection

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-35886-7

0-262-35887-5

OCLC:

1187209001