Functional Categories in Learner Language |
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| Editor:
| Dimroth, Christine
Jordens, Peter |
| Series title: | Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA] Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-11-173091-2 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2009 |
| Publisher: | Mouton De Gruyter
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| Book Format: | Mixed media product |
| List Price: | USD $252.00 |
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.