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

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Lightfoot, David, 1945- author.
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
Place of Publication:
Cambridge : The MIT Press, 2020.
System Details:
text file
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.
Notes:
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
ISBN:
0262358867
9780262358866
OCLC:
1187209001
Access Restriction:
Open Access Unrestricted online access

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