An introduction to linguistic theory and language acquisition / Stephen Crain and Diane Lillo-Martin.

By: Crain, Stephen, 1947-Contributor(s): Lillo-Martin, Diane C. (Diane Carolyn), 1959-Material type: TextTextSeries: Blackwell textbooks in linguistics ; 15.Publication details: Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 1999Edition: 1STDescription: xi, 424 p. ; 25 cmISBN: 0631195351 (cloth : alk. paper); 063119536X (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Language acquisition | Grammar, Comparative and general | PsycholinguisticsDDC classification: 401/.93 CUT C883 LOC classification: P118 | .C6747 1999
Contents:
Pt. I. Linguistic Knowledge -- 1. Introduction to Language Acquisition -- 2. Knowledge in the Absence of Experience -- 3. Stages of Language Acquisition -- 4. Why Language Does Not Have to be Taught -- 5. Dispelling a Common-Sense Account -- 6. Universal Grammar and the Logical Problem of Language Acquisition -- 7. The Modularity Hypothesis -- Pt. II. Constituent Structure -- 8. Phrase Structure -- 9. Phrase Structure Rules and X'-Theory -- 10. Setting the X'-Parameters -- 11. Phrasal Categories -- 12. Ambiguity and Productivity -- 13. Children's Knowledge of Phrase Structure -- 14. Constraints on Reference -- 15. Children's Knowledge of Constraints: Backwards Anaphora -- Pt. III. Transformational Syntax -- 16. A Transformation Generating Yes/No Questions -- 17. Children's Adherence to Structure Dependence -- 18. WH-Movement -- 19. Cross-Linguistic Aspects of WH-Questions -- 20. The Acquisition of WH-Questions -- 21. Successive Cyclic Movement -- 22. Successful Cyclic Movement -- 23. A Constraint on Contraction -- 24. Acquisition of Wanna Contraction -- 25. Principle C in WH-Questions -- 26. Children's Knowledge of Strong Crossover -- Pt. IV. Universal Grammar in the Visual Modality -- 27. The Structure of American Sign Language -- 28. The Acquisition of American Sign Language -- 29. The Structure and Acquisition of WH-Questions in American Sign Language -- 30. Parameter Setting -- 31. Modularity and Modality -- Pt. V. Semantics and Philosophy of Language -- 32. Theories of Meaning -- 33. Truth-Conditional Semantics -- 34. Compositionality I -- 35. Compositionality II -- 36. Intensional Semantics -- 37. Learnability of Syntax and Semantics -- 38. Acquisition of NPs with Modifiers -- 39. Relative Clauses -- 40. Universal Quantification.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [408]-415) and index.

Pt. I. Linguistic Knowledge -- 1. Introduction to Language Acquisition -- 2. Knowledge in the Absence of Experience -- 3. Stages of Language Acquisition -- 4. Why Language Does Not Have to be Taught -- 5. Dispelling a Common-Sense Account -- 6. Universal Grammar and the Logical Problem of Language Acquisition -- 7. The Modularity Hypothesis -- Pt. II. Constituent Structure -- 8. Phrase Structure -- 9. Phrase Structure Rules and X'-Theory -- 10. Setting the X'-Parameters -- 11. Phrasal Categories -- 12. Ambiguity and Productivity -- 13. Children's Knowledge of Phrase Structure -- 14. Constraints on Reference -- 15. Children's Knowledge of Constraints: Backwards Anaphora -- Pt. III. Transformational Syntax -- 16. A Transformation Generating Yes/No Questions -- 17. Children's Adherence to Structure Dependence -- 18. WH-Movement -- 19. Cross-Linguistic Aspects of WH-Questions -- 20. The Acquisition of WH-Questions -- 21. Successive Cyclic Movement -- 22. Successful Cyclic Movement -- 23. A Constraint on Contraction -- 24. Acquisition of Wanna Contraction -- 25. Principle C in WH-Questions -- 26. Children's Knowledge of Strong Crossover -- Pt. IV. Universal Grammar in the Visual Modality -- 27. The Structure of American Sign Language -- 28. The Acquisition of American Sign Language -- 29. The Structure and Acquisition of WH-Questions in American Sign Language -- 30. Parameter Setting -- 31. Modularity and Modality -- Pt. V. Semantics and Philosophy of Language -- 32. Theories of Meaning -- 33. Truth-Conditional Semantics -- 34. Compositionality I -- 35. Compositionality II -- 36. Intensional Semantics -- 37. Learnability of Syntax and Semantics -- 38. Acquisition of NPs with Modifiers -- 39. Relative Clauses -- 40. Universal Quantification.

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