An edition of Language Acquisition
(2002)
Language acquisition
the growth of grammar
by Maria Teresa Guasti
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1
Basic Concepts I
Introduction 1
1.1 Reflections on the Course of Language Acquisition 1
1.2 The Logical Problem of Language Acquisition 5
1.3 The Notion of Grammar 5
1.4 Constraints 8
1.5 Where Does Knowledge of Language Come From? 10
1.6 The Critical Period 20
Chapter 2
First Steps into Language 23
Introduction 23
2.1 The Quest for the Native Language 24
2.2 Learning the Phonemic Contrasts of the Native Language 40
2.3 Infants' Speech Production 47
2.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 52
Chapter 3
Acquisition of the Lexicon 55
Introduction 55
3.1 Why Finding Words Is a Problem 56
3.2 Why Acquiring the Meaning of Words Is a Problem 74
3.3 Acquisition of Verbs 80
3.4 Bootstrapping of Syntax 90
3.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 96
Chapter 4
The Emergence of Syntax 101
Introduction 101
4.1 Word Order in Children's Productions 101
4.2 The Structure of Early Clauses 103
4.3 The Subject Agreement Relation 120
4.4 Root Infinitives 128
4.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 146
Chapter 5
Null Subjects in Early Languages 151
Introduction 15
5.1 Parametric Accounts of Early Null Subjects 152
5.2 Root Null Subjects 160
5.3 Performance Accounts 179
5.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 183
Chapter 6
Acquisition of Wh-Movement 187
Introduction 187
6.1 Question Formation in Early Systems 188
6.2 Auxless Questions in Early English 202
6.3 Long-Distance Wh-Movement 209
6.4 Relative Clauses 220
6.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 240
Chapter 7
Acquisition of NP-Movement 245
Introduction 245
7.1 Passive Constructions in Adult and Child Grammar 246
7.2 A Maturational Account of Early Passive Constructions 252
7.3 Problems with the Maturational Account 254
7.4 New Findings about Early Passives 260
7.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 268
Chapter 8
Acquisition of the Binding Principles 271
Introduction 271
8.1 The Binding Theory 272
8.2 Principle A 285
8.3 Principle B 290
8.4 Principle C 300
8.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 308
Chapter 9
Aspects of the Acquisition of Quantification 313
Introduction 313
9.1 Prerequisites for Handling Quantificational Structures 314
9.2 The Structure of Quantified NPs and the Syntax-Semantics Mapping 316
9.3 Children's Errors with Universal Quantification 329
9.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 343
Chapter 10
Acquisition of Control 347
Introduction 347
10.1 Aspects of the Theory of Control 348
10.2 The Structure-Changing Hypothesis 350
10.3 The Maturation Iypothesis 356
10.4 The Lexical-Syntactic Integration Hypothesis 365
10.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 371
Chapter 11
Dissociation between Language and Other Cognitive Abilities 375
Introduction 375
11.1 Impaired Language in Otherwise Normal Children: Specific Language
Impairment 376
11.2 Approaches to Specific Language Impairment 378
11.3 Relatively Intact Language in an Otherwise Impaired System: Williams
Syndrome 398
11.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 403
Appendix A: Normal or Gaussian Distribution 405
Appendix B: Tests to Assess Specific Language Impairment 406
Notes 409
Glossary 423
References 429
Index 467.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-466) and index.
"A Bradford book."
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