| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 196 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Three Visions -- 2. Three New Parses -- 3. Parsing and Variable Properties -- 4. Parsing at Interfaces -- 5. Population Biology: The Spread of New Variable Properties -- 6. Variable Properties in Language: Their Nature and Selection -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
An argument that children are born to assign structures to their ambient language, which feeds a view of language variation not based on parameters defined at UG. In this book, David Lightfoot argues that just as some birds are born to chirp, humans are born to parse--predisposed to assign linguistic structures to their ambient external language. This approach to language acquisition makes two contributions to the development of Minimalist thinking |
| Analysis |
LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE/Language Acquisition |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed February 24, 2021) |
| Subject |
Language awareness in children.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Parsing.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Second language acquisition -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
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SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science.
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Language awareness in children
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Parsing
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Science
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780262358873 |
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0262358875 |
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0262358867 |
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9780262358866 |
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