Child language acquisition : contrasting theoretical approaches /

"Is children's language acquisition based on innate linguistic structures or built from cognitive and communicative skills? This book summarises the major theoretical debates in all of the core domains of child language acquisition research (phonology, word-learning, inflectional morpholog...

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Auteur principal: Ambridge, Ben, 1977-
Autres auteurs: Lieven, Elena V. M.
Format: Livre
Langue:English
Publié: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2011.
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Table des matières:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Speech perception, segmentation and production
  • 3. Learning word meanings
  • 4. Theoretical approaches to grammar acquisition
  • 5. Inflection
  • 6. Simple syntax
  • 7. Movement and complex syntax
  • 8. Binding, quantification and control
  • 9. Related debates and conclusions.