1st Edition
The Prefunctional Stage of First Language Acquistion (RLE Linguistics C: Applied Linguistics) A Crosslinguistic Study
Edited By Ianthi-Maria Tsimpli
Copyright 1996
272 Pages
by
Routledge
268 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book provides a theory of first language acquisition in the syntactic framework of the theory of Universal Grammar. It addresses issues related to the earliest stage of development which ends roughly around the child’s second birthday. The theory put forward capitalises on the traditional observation that early child grammars characteristically lack lexical and morphological elements which... Read more
1. The Theoretical Framework 2. Aspect 3. Agreement and Null Arguments 4. Word-Order 5. Negation and Modality 6. Summary and Further Issues
Biography
Ianthi-Maria Tsimpli
