Screen LibraryA feature-based syntax of functional categories : the structure, acquisition and specific impairment of functional systems /
This book develops a construction of functional categories in human language and applies it to the analysis of a variety of syntactic facts in Modern Germanic and Romance languages, as well as the history of English and Modern English. The construction accounts for previously unnoticed aspects of th...
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De Gruyter Mouton,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin ; Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
2011. ©2005 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Studies in generative grammar [sgg] ;
volume 79 |
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| Summary: |
This book develops a construction of functional categories in human language and applies it to the analysis of a variety of syntactic facts in Modern Germanic and Romance languages, as well as the history of English and Modern English. The construction accounts for previously unnoticed aspects of the development of the functional category system in child language acquisition, and for aspects of the developmental lag in functional categories by children with specific language impairment. The book presents a novel, tightly integrated approach to problems in syntactic theory and psycholinguistics, which will also be of interest to specialists in Germanic and Romance languages and the history of English. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiii, 348 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9783110895407 |
| Index Number: | P240 |
| CLC: | H04 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. A feature-based derivation of functional heads -- Chapter 3. Germanic verb-second and expletive subjects -- Chapter 4. Aspects of clitic placement and clitic climbing -- Chapter 5. Tenseless clauses and coordination -- Chapter 6. The acquisition of functional features -- Chapter 7. The acquisition of adult functional categories -- Chapter 8. The representation of functional categories as a factor in Specific Language Impairment -- Chapter 9. Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Index of names -- Index of subjects |