Development of verb inflection in first language acquisition : a cross-linguistic perspective /
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| Imprint: | Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2003. |
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| Description: | xl, 424 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies on language acquisition ; 21 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5146319 |
| Summary: | The volume deals with the emergence of verb morphology in children during their second and early third year of life from a cross-linguistic perspective. It covers 15 contributions - each analyzing one single language - based on parallel longitudinal investigations of children with parallel methodology and macrostructure in representation. The main question addressed is: How do children detect morphology and construct first subsystems of verbal inflection? The focus lies on the transition from a premorphological phase to a protomorphological phase. The main proposal consists in the concept of miniparadigms and of their relation to morpho-syntactic developments in early first language acquisition. |
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| Physical Description: | xl, 424 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 3110178230 |
