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Author | : Terje Lohndal |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2013-01-17 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9027272433 |
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This volume in honor of Jan Terje Faarlund covers the areas in which he has contributed to linguistic theorizing, ranging from in-depth studies of Norwegian and Scandinavian grammar both synchronically and diachronically, to work on the Indian language Chiapas Zoque. The book is organized thematically with two chapters on each topic: The grammar of the Scandinavian languages (Tor A. Åfarli and Christer Platzack); language policies and sociolinguistics (Unn Røyneland and Peter Trudgill); French (Hans Petter Helland and Christine Meklenborg Salvesen); language change (Werner Abraham and Elly van Gelderen); lesser-studied languages (Alice Harris and Jerry Sadock); language acquisition (David Lightfoot and Marit Westergaard); and language evolution (Erika Hagelberg and Salikoko Mufwene). This book will be of interest to a wide range of readers, from students to scholars working on any of the areas covered.
Author | : Norbert Hornstein |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780262581295 |
Download As Time Goes by Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
How do humans acquire, at a very early age and from fragmentary and haphazard data, the complex patterns of their native language? This is the logical problem of language acquisition, and it is the question that directs the search for an innate universal grammar. As Time Goes By extends the search by proposing a theory of natural-language tense that will be responsive to the problem of language acquisition. The clearly written discussion proceeds step-by-step from simple observations and principles to far-reaching conclusions involving complex data carefully selected and persuasively presented. Throughout, Hornstein focuses on the logical problem of language acquisition, highlighting the importance of explanatory adequacy and the role of syntactic representations in determining intricate properties of semantic interpretation.
Author | : Lydia White |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2003-03-06 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9780521796477 |
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Author | : Stephen Crain |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780262531801 |
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This introductory guide to language acquisition research is presented within the framework of Universal Grammar, a theory of the human faculty for language. The authors focus on two experimental techniques for assessing children's linguistic competence: the Elicited Production task, a production task, and the Truth Value Judgment task, a comprehension task. Their methodologies are designed to overcome the numerous obstacles to empirical investigation of children's language competence. They produce research results that are more reproducible and less likely to be dismissed as an artifact of improper experimental procedure. In the first section of the book, the authors examine the fundamental assumptions that guide research in this area; they present both a theory of linguistic competence and a model of language processing. In the following two sections, they discuss in detail their two experimental techniques.
Author | : Edward L. Keenan |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 514 |
Release | : 2014-02-03 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1134743289 |
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This collection of 15 articles reflects Edward Keenan’s long-standing research interests in the comparative syntax of the languages of the world. It includes two seminal ‘foundation’ articles, Noun Phrase Accessibility and Universal Grammar (with Bernard Comrie) and Towards a Universal Definition of ‘Subject of’. Most of the other articles have appeared in a variety of relatively inaccessible places, and so this book brings together for the first time a large body of work supporting the research directions taken in the foundation articles. In addition, one article of a psycholinguistic sort was specially prepared for this volume.
Author | : Melinda Whong |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2013-06-26 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 940076362X |
Download Universal Grammar and the Second Language Classroom Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book proposes that research into generative second language acquisition (GenSLA) can be applied to the language classroom. Assuming that Universal Grammar plays a role in second language development, it explores generalisations from GenSLA research. The book aims to build bridges between the fields of generative second language acquisition, applied linguistics, and language teaching; and it shows how GenSLA is poised to engage with researchers of second language learning outside the generative paradigm. Each chapter of Universal Grammar and the Second Language Classroom showcases ways in which GenSLA research can inform language pedagogy. Some chapters include classroom research that tests the effectiveness of teaching particular linguistic phenomena. Others review existing research findings, discussing how these findings are useful for language pedagogy. All chapters show how generative linguistics can enhance teachers’ expertise in language and second language development. “This groundbreaking volume ably takes on the gap that currently exists between generative linguistic theory in second language acquisition (GenSLA) and second language pedagogy, by gathering chapters from GenSLA researchers who are interested in the relevance and potential application of their research to second/foreign language teaching. It offers a welcome and thought-provoking contribution to any discussion of the relation between linguistic theory and practice. I recommend it not only for language teachers interested in deepening their understanding of the formal properties of the languages they teach, but also for linguists interested in following up on more practical consequences of the fruits of their theoretical and empirical research.” Donna Lardiere, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA
Author | : Vivian Cook |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2014-03 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9788126517473 |
Download Chomsky's Universal Grammar Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This new edition introduces the reader to Noam Chomsky's theory of language by setting the specifics of syntactic analysis in the framework of his general ideas. It explains its fundamental concepts and provides an overview and history of the theory.
Author | : Susan Foster-Cohen |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2009-07-16 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 023024078X |
Download Language Acquisition Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book provides a snapshot of the field of language acquisition at the beginning of the 21st Century. It represents the multiplicity of approaches that characterize the field and provides a review of current topics and debates, as well as addressing some of the connections between sub-fields and possible future directions for research.
Author | : Wolfram Hinzen |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press (UK) |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 2013-12 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0199654832 |
Download The Philosophy of Universal Grammar Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This interdisciplinary book considers the relationship between language and thought from a philosophical perspective, drawing both on the philosophical study of language and the purely formal study of grammar, and arguing that the two should align. The claim is that grammar provides homo sapiens with the ability to think in certain grammatical ways and that this in turn explains the vast cognitive powers of human beings. Evidence is considered from biology, theevolution of language, language disorders, and linguistic phenomena.
Author | : John Lyons |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1991-09-12 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780521246965 |
Download Natural Language and Universal Grammar: Volume 1 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Essays by one of the most influential scholars in modern linguistics, including previously unpublished pieces.