Syntactic Theory and First Language Acquisition (eBook, ePUB)

Cross-linguistic Perspectives -- Volume 1: Heads, Projections, and Learnability -- Volume 2: Binding, Dependencies, and Learnability
Redaktion: Lust, (Vol. )Barbara; Hermon, Gabriella; Lust, (Vol. )Barbara; Whitman, John; Su¤er, Margarita

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Universal Grammar (UG) is a theory of both the fundamental principles for all possible languages and the language faculty in the "initial state" of the human organism. These two volumes approach the study of UG by joint, tightly linked studies of both linguistic theory and human competence for language acquisition. In particular, the volumes collect comparable studies across a number of different languages, carefully analyzed by a wide range of international scholars.

The issues surrounding cross-linguistic variation in "Heads, Projections, and Learnability" (Volume 1) and in "Binding, Dependencies, and Learnability" (Volume 2) are arguably the most fundamental in UG. How can principles of grammar be learned by general learning theory? What is biologically programmed in the human species in order to guarantee their learnability? What is the true linguistic representation for these areas of language knowledge? What universals exist across languages?

The two volumes summarize the most critical current proposals in each area, and offer both theoretical and empirical evidence bearing on them. Research on first language acquisition and formal learnability theory is placed at the center of debates relative to linguistic theory in each area. The convergence of research across several different disciplines -- linguistics, developmental psychology, and computer science -- represented in these volumes provides a paradigm example of cognitive science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317728801
• Artikelnr.: 55232914

Autorenporträt

Lust, (Vol.1)Barbara; Suer, Margarita; Whitman, John; Lust, (Vol.2)Barbara; Hermon, Gabriella

Inhaltsangabe

Volume 1: Heads
Projections
and LearnabilityContents: B. Lust
I. Barbier
C. Foley
G. Hermon
S. Kapur
J. Kornfilt
Z. Nuñez del Prado
M. Suñer
J. Whitman
General Introduction: Syntactic Theory and First Language Acquisition: Cross-Linguistic Perspectives. J. Whitman
I. Barbier
K. Boser
S. Kapur
J. Kornfilt
B. Lust
Volume I Introduction: Constraining Structural Variation and the Acquisition Problem. Part I: Syntactic Foundations: Phrase Structure Principles and Parameters.C.-T.J. Huang
More on Chinese Word Order and Parametric Theory. L. Haegeman
Negative Heads and Negative Operators: The NEG Criterion. K. Hale
S.J. Keyser
Constraints on Argument Structure. Part II:Functional Categories and Phrase Structure in the Initial State.Section A:Heads and Projections in Morphosyntax.J. Grimshaw
Minimal Projection and Clause Structure. B. Lust
Functional Projection of CP and Phrase Structure Parameterization: An Argument for the Strong Continuity Hypothesis. K. Demuth
On the Underspecification of Functional Categories in Early Grammars. A. Radford
Tense and Agreement Variability in Child Grammars of English. Y. Otsu
Case-Marking Particles and Phrase Structure in Early Japanese Acquisition. J. Kornfilt
Some Remarks on the Interaction of Case and Word Order in Turkish: Implications for Acquisition. C. McKee
What You See Isn't Always What You Get. Section B:The V-2 Debate.J. Weissenborn
Constraining the Child's Grammar: Local Well-Formedness in the Development of Verb Movement in German and French. V. Deprez
Underspecification
Functional Projections
and Parameter Setting. J. Whitman
In Defense of the Strong Continuity Account of the Acquisition of Verb-Second. Part III: Learnability.L. Gleitman
H. Gleitman
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
But That's the Problem: The Role of Syntax in Vocabulary Acquisition. G. Chierchia
Syntactic Bootstrapping and the Acquisition of Noun Meanings: The Mass-Count Issue. S. Flynn
G. Martohardjono
Mapping from the Initial State to the Final State: The Separation of Universal Principles and Language-Specific Principles. Volume 2: Binding
Dependencies
and LearnabilityContents: B. Lust
I. Barbier
C. Foley
G. Hermon
S. Kapur
J. Kornfilt
Z. Nuñez del Prado
M. Suñer
J. Whitman
General Introduction: Syntactic Theory and First Language Acquisition: Cross-Linguistic Perspectives. B. Lust
J. Kornfilt
G. Hermon
C. Foley
Z. Nuñez del Prado
S. Kapur
Introduction to Volume 2: Constraining Binding
Dependencies and Learnability: Principles or Parameters? Part I:Syntactic Foundations: Anaphora and Binding.J. Koster
Toward a New Theory of Anaphoric Binding. C-C.J. Tang
A Note on Relativized SUBJECT for Reflexives in Chinese. Y. Li
The Japanese Dialectal Zisin and Its Theoretical Implications: A Contrast with Chinese Ziji Yafei Li.G. Hermon
Long-Distance Reflexives in UG: Theoretical Approaches and Predictions for Acquisition. Part II:Lexical Anaphors and Pronouns.C. Jakubowicz
Reflexives in French and Danish: Morphology
Syntax
and Acquisition. R. Mazuka
B. Lust
When Is an Anaphor Not an Anaphor? D. Kaufman
Grammatical or Pragmatic: Will the Real Principle B Please Stand? C. Koster
Problems with Pronoun Acquisition. E. Reuland
Commentary: The Nonhomogeneity of Condition B and Related Issues. Part III: 'Pro Drop'.L. Rizzi
Early Null Subjects and Root Null Subjects. V. Valian
Children's Postulation of Null Subjects: Parameter Setting and Language Acquisition. N. Hyams
Commentary: Null Subjects in Child Language and the Implications of Cross-Linguistic Variation. D. Lillo-Martin
Setting the Null Argument Parameters: Evidence from American Sign Language and Other Languages. A. Pierce
On the Differing Status of Subject Pronouns in French and English Child Language. C.S. Smith
Pragmatic Principles in Coreference. Part IV:WH- and Quantifier Scope.T. Roeper
J. De Villiers
Lexical Links in the Wh-Chain. Y-C. Chien
Structural Determinants of Quantifier Scope: An Experimental Study of Chinese First Language Acquisition. J. Whitman
Scope and Optionality: Comments on the Papers on Wh-Movement and Quantification. Part V:Learnability.J.D. Fodor
How to Obey the Subset Principle: Binding and Locality. D. Lightfoot
Degree-O Learnability. R. Clark
Finitude
Boundedness
and Complexity: Learnability and the Study of First Language Acquisition. S. Kapur
Some Applications of Formal Learning Theory Results to Natural Language Acquisition. A. Joshi
Commentary: Some Remarks on the Subset Principle.