Functional Categories in Learner Language |
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| Editor:
| Jordens, Peter
Dimroth, Christine |
| Series title: | Studies on Language Acquisition Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-282-45687-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2009 |
| Publisher: | De Gruyter, Inc.
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $168.00 |
Book Description:
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Research on spontaneous processes of language acquisition has shown that early learner systems are based on lexical structures. At some point in acquisition this lexical-semantic system is given up in favour of a target-like functional category system. This work deals with the driving forces behind the acquisition of the functional properties of inflection, word-order variation, definiteness and agreement.
Research on spontaneous processes of language acquisition has shown that early learner systems are based on lexical structures. At some point in acquisition this lexical-semantic system is given up in favour of a target-like functional category system. This work deals with the driving forces behind the acquisition of the functional properties of inflection, word-order variation, definiteness and agreement.