Language acquisition and the functional category system / Peter Jordens.

Author/creator Jordens, Peter
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerlin ; Boston : Mouton de Gruyter,
Descriptionxii, 279 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Language acquisition.

SeriesSOLA Studies on language acquisition, 1861-4248 ; 39
Studies on language acquisition 39. ^A246607
Contents Introduction. Language acquisition from a functional perspective ; Overview of the book -- Lexical vs. functional elements ; Structure in language ; Language structure in production; Phrase structure: Lexical selection: Phrasal coherence; Utterance structure: Perspective taking: Contextual embedding: Lexical categories: Functional categories; Word formation: Derivation, inherent and contextual inflection: Lexical and functional categories of word formation ; Learner systems; Utterance structure at the initial stage; Word formation at the initial stage ; First and second language acquisition ; Research questions ; Data sources -- The target system. Introduction ; Utterance structure; Basic word order; Word order variation; Information structure and lexical meaning: VP structure: FP structure: The function of F: Movement; Summary ; Utterance production; Conceptualization, lexicalization and predication: Conceptualization: Lexicalization: Predication; Expressing finiteness and contextual embedding: The semantic function of finiteness : Truth value: Anchoring : Temporal anchoring : Spatial anchoring: The function of SpecFP; Summary ; Hypotheses on language development -- The initial state. Finiteness at the initial state ; Theoretical accounts; Morpho-syntactic systems: Poeppel and Wexler (1993), Wexler (1998): Discussion; Semantic systems: Clahsen (1986): Discussion: Ingram and Thompson (1996): Discussion; Summary ; The alternative ; Summary -- The lexical stage. Basic languages, research questions ; The analysis of early learner data ; Utterance structure at the lexical stage; Lexical projections; Testing the model : ergativesand particle verbs: Ergatives: Particle verbs; Word order: Subject first: Topic first; Head-initial; Summary ; Conflicting constraints ; Conclusion ; From the lexical stage to the functional stage -- The functional stage. The acquisition of the projection of F; Utterance structure at the lexical stage; Towards a functional topic position; Towards a grammatical subject position ; Evidence of the projection of F; The functional topic position; The functional category F: Analysis of the modal expressions 'ulle', 'mag-ikke' and 'nee': Analysis of the unanalysed modal expressions: Epistemic modals: The auxiliary verbs 'heb, heeft' and 'ben, is': The auxiliary verbs 'doe, doef and 'ga, gaat'; Topicalization ; The topic position; The affix in F as a topicalization device; Yes/no- and wh-questions; Verb-third in adult L2 ; Finiteness; Auxiliary verbs: Verb placement: 'Light verbs': Morphological properties of finiteness in L2 Dutch; Grammatical aspect; Tense; Agreement ; Summary -- Finiteness in language acquisition research. Finiteness in first language research; L1 Dutch : Gillis (2003); L1 German : Bittner (2003); Summary ; Finiteness in second language research; Verb placement and inflectional morphology: The contingency between verb placement and morphology: Methodological questions: Verb placement and inflectional morphology in second language research; Restrictions on the contingency between verb placement and inflection: Parodi (1998, 2000); The dissociation of verb placement and inflection : the impaired representation Hypothesis: Meisel (1997); The separation of verb placement and inflection : the missing surface inflection Hypothesis: Pré́vost and white (2000); The acquisition of auxiliaries as a prerequisite for verb movement; The stagewise acquisition of the functional category system: Rule and Marsden (2006): Vainikka and Young-Scholten (1996, 2011) : The organic grammar approach: Becker (2005); Summary: The contingency between verb placement and morphology: The acquisition of the auxiliary as a carrier of finiteness -- Conclusion. Basic languages ; The lexical stage ; The functional stage ; Driving forces -- References -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [271]-276) and index.
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