Learnability and the Lexicon : Theories and second language acquisition research.
This book provides a critical review of recent theories of semantics-syntax correspondences and makes new proposals for constraints on semantic structure relevant to syntax. Data from several languages are presented which suggest that semantic structure in root morphemes is subject to parametric var...
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| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
1996
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| Series: | Language acquisition & language disorders ;
v. 12. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- LEARNABILITY AND THE LEXICON THEORIES AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION RESEARCH; LEARNABILITY AND THE LEXICON THEORIES AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION RESEARCH; Editorial page; Editorial page; Title page; Title page; Copyright page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Linguistic Theory, Language Acquisition, and the Lexicon; Chapter 1. Linguistic Theory, Language Acquisition, and the Lexicon; Chapter 2. Generative approaches to semantics-syntax correspondences; Chapter 2. Generative approaches to semantics-syntax correspondences.
- Chapter 3. Semantic structure: crosslinguistic patterns and constraintsChapter 3. Semantic structure: crosslinguistic patterns and constraints; Chapter 4. Acquiring Semantics-Syntax Correspondences; Chapter 4. Acquiring Semantics-Syntax Correspondences; Chapter 5. Testing knowledge of semantics-syntax correspondences in a second language; Chapter 5. Testing knowledge of semantics-syntax correspondences in a second language; Chapter 6. Analysis and Discussion; Chapter 6. Analysis and Discussion; Chapter 7. Epilogue; Chapter 7. Epilogue; References; References.
- Appendix I: English Locative VerbsAppendix I: English Locative Verbs; APPENDIX II: Chinese Locative Verbs and Argument Structures; APPENDIX II: Chinese Locative Verbs and Argument Structures; Appendix III: Test of Verb Meanings; Appendix III: Test of Verb Meanings; Appendix IV: Production task; Appendix IV: Production task; Appendix V. Grammaticality Judgment Task; Appendix V. Grammaticality Judgment Task; Index; Index; The series Language Acquisition and Language Disorders; The series Language Acquisition and Language Disorders.
