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  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2003

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    Condizione: Fair. Volume 26. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:9789027241375.

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Walter de Gruyter, 2009

    3110216167 / 9783110216165

    Serie: Libro 21 di 68 - Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA]

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    Condizione: Neu. Edited by Christine Dimroth und Peter Jordens. Research on spontaneous processes of language acquisition has shown that early learner systems are based on lexical structures. At some point in acquisition this lexical-semantic system is given up in favour of a target-like functional category system. This work deals with the driving forces behind the acquisition of the functional properties of inflection, word-order variation, definiteness and agreement. XII,347 Seiten, gebunden (Studies on Language Acquisition; Vol. 37/Mouton de Gruyter Verlag 2009). Statt EUR 169,95. Gewicht: 624 g - Gebunden/Gebundene Ausgabe.

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Mouton De Gruyter - Sola Studies on Language Acquisition 37., 2009

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    Serie: Libro 21 di 68 - Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA]

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  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: John Benjamins Publishing Compan, 2018

    9027201668 / 9789027201669

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  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Berlin ; New York, NY : Mouton de Gruyter, 2009

    3110216167 / 9783110216165

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    Condizione: Sehr gut. XII, 347 S. Ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar. - Convergence on finite V2 clauses in LI, bilingual LI and early L2 acquisition. Rosemarie Tracy and Dieter Thoma -- The acquisition of functional categories in child LI and adult L2 Dutch. Peter Jordens -- The acquisition of syntactic finiteness in LI German. A structure-building approach. Steffi Winkler -- Stepping stones and stumbling blocks. Why negation accelerates and additive particles delay the acquisition of finiteness in German. Christine Dimroth -- Does finiteness mark assertion? A picture selection study with native speakers and adult learners of German. Sarah Schimke -- Light verbs and the acquisition of finiteness and negation in Dutch as a second language. Josje Verhagen -- Finiteness in children with SLI: a functional approach. Anke Jolink -- Functional and modal elements in child and adult Russian. Natalia Gagarina -- How much (morpho-)syntax is needed to express finiteness? Karen Ferret and Clive Perdue. ISBN 9783110216165 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1635 Fadengehefteter Originalpappband.

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: John Benjamins Publishing Compan, 2003

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  • Lingua: Inglese

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  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: John Benjamins, 2018

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Gut. Gebrauchtes Buch aus ehem. Privatbesitz. GUTER Zustand, wenige Gebrauchsspuren. Used book, few traces of use. C08837 9789027201669 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

  • Lingua: Inglese

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  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Walter de Gruyter, 2009

    3110216167 / 9783110216165

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    Condizione: New. In English.

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  • Lingua: Inglese

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  • Lingua: Inglese

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  • Lingua: Inglese

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  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: De Gruyter, DE, 2009

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    Hardback. Condizione: New. Language acquisition is a developmental process. Research on spontaneous processes of both children learning their mother tongue and adults learning a second language has shown that particular stages of acquisition can be discriminated. Initially, learner utterances can be accounted for in terms of a language system that is relatively simple. In studies on second language acquisition this learner system is called the Basic Variety (Klein and Perdue 1997). Utterance structure of the Basic Variety is determined by a grammar which consists of lexical structures that are constrained, for example, by semantic principles such as "The NP-referent with highest control comes first" and a pragmatic principle such as "Focus expression last". At some point in acquisition this lexical-semantic system is given up in favour of a target-like system with morpho-syntactic features to express the functional properties of finiteness, topicality, the determiner system, etc. Insights into how this process evolves may also provide an answer to the question of why it takes place. Within this functional perspective on language acquisition research focuses on questions such as the following.1. What is the driving force behind the process that causes learners to give up a simple lexical-semantic system in favour of a morpho-syntactic functional category system?2. What is the added value of morpho-syntactic properties of inflection, word-order variation, definiteness and agreement?3. Why is it that in cases of specific language impairment it is mainly morpho-syntactic properties of the target language that are affected.

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Walter de Gruyter, Incorporated, 2009

    3110216167 / 9783110216165

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    Condizione: New. pp. xii + 347 Figure, Illus.

  • Lingua: Inglese

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. vi, 359p.

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    Condizione: gut. 2009. Functional Categories in Learner Language In deutscher Sprache. pages.

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    Condizione: New. pp. xii + 347.

  • Lingua: Inglese

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    Hardback. Condizione: New. Language acquisition is a developmental process. Research on spontaneous processes of both children learning their mother tongue and adults learning a second language has shown that particular stages of acquisition can be discriminated. Initially, learner utterances can be accounted for in terms of a language system that is relatively simple. In studies on second language acquisition this learner system is called the Basic Variety (Klein and Perdue 1997). Utterance structure of the Basic Variety is determined by a grammar which consists of lexical structures that are constrained, for example, by semantic principles such as "The NP-referent with highest control comes first" and a pragmatic principle such as "Focus expression last". At some point in acquisition this lexical-semantic system is given up in favour of a target-like system with morpho-syntactic features to express the functional properties of finiteness, topicality, the determiner system, etc. Insights into how this process evolves may also provide an answer to the question of why it takes place. Within this functional perspective on language acquisition research focuses on questions such as the following.1. What is the driving force behind the process that causes learners to give up a simple lexical-semantic system in favour of a morpho-syntactic functional category system?2. What is the added value of morpho-syntactic properties of inflection, word-order variation, definiteness and agreement?3. Why is it that in cases of specific language impairment it is mainly morpho-syntactic properties of the target language that are affected.

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: De Gruyter Mouton, 2009

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  • Lingua: Inglese

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    Buch. Condizione: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - ' Language acquisition is a developmental process. Research on spontaneous processes of both children learning their mother tongue and adults learning a second language has shown that particular stages of acquisition can be discriminated. Initially, learner utterances can be accounted for in terms of a language system that is relatively simple. In studies on second language acquisition this learner system is called the Basic Variety (Klein and Perdue 1997). Utterance structure of the Basic Variety is determined by a grammar which consists of lexical structures that are constrained, for example, by semantic principles such as 'The NP-referent with highest control comes first' and a pragmatic principle such as 'Focus expression last'. At some point in acquisition this lexical-semantic system is given up in favour of a target-like system with morpho-syntactic features to express the functional properties of finiteness, topicality, the determiner system, etc. Insights into how this process evolves may also provide an answer to the question of why it takes place. Within this functional perspective on language acquisition research focuses on questions such as the following.1. What is the driving force behind the process that causes learners to give up a simple lexical-semantic system in favour of a morpho-syntactic functional category system 2. What is the added value of morpho-syntactic properties of inflection, word-order variation, definiteness and agreement 3. Why is it that in cases of specific language impairment it is mainly morpho-syntactic properties of the target language that are affected '.

  • Lingua: Inglese

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    Hardcover. Condizione: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Christine Dimroth, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Peter Jordens , Vrije Universite.

  • Lingua: Inglese

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    Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Language acquisition is a developmental process. Research on spontaneous processes of both children learning their mother tongue and adults learning a second language has shown that particular stages of acquisition can be discriminated. Initially, learner utterances can be accounted for in terms of a language system that is relatively simple. In studies on second language acquisition this learner system is called the Basic Variety (Klein and Perdue 1997). Utterance structure of the Basic Variety is determined by a grammar which consists of lexical structures that are constrained, for example, by semantic principles such as 'The NP-referent with highest control comes first' and a pragmatic principle such as 'Focus expression last'. At some point in acquisition this lexical-semantic system is given up in favour of a target-like system with morpho-syntactic features to express the functional properties of finiteness, topicality, the determiner system, etc. Insights into how this process evolves may also provide an answer to the question of why it takes place. Within this functional perspective on language acquisition research focuses on questions such as the following.1. What is the driving force behind the process that causes learners to give up a simple lexical-semantic system in favour of a morpho-syntactic functional category system 2. What is the added value of morpho-syntactic properties of inflection, word-order variation, definiteness and agreement 3. Why is it that in cases of specific language impairment it is mainly morpho-syntactic properties of the target language that are affected 360 pp. Englisch.

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: De Gruyter Mouton, De Gruyter Mouton Okt 2009, 2009

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    Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Language acquisition is a developmental process. Research on spontaneous processes of both children learning their mother tongue and adults learning a second language has shown that particular stages of acquisition can be discriminated. Initially, learner utterances can be accounted for in terms of a language system that is relatively simple. In studies on second language acquisition this learner system is called the Basic Variety (Klein and Perdue 1997). Utterance structure of the Basic Variety is determined by a grammar which consists of lexical structures that are constrained, for example, by semantic principles such as 'The NP-referent with highest control comes first' and a pragmatic principle such as 'Focus expression last'. At some point in acquisition this lexical-semantic system is given up in favour of a target-like system with morpho-syntactic features to express the functional properties of finiteness, topicality, the determiner system, etc. Insights into how this process evolves may also provide an answer to the question of why it takes place. Within this functional perspective on language acquisition research focuses on questions such as the following.1. What is the driving force behind the process that causes learners to give up a simple lexical-semantic system in favour of a morpho-syntactic functional category system 2. What is the added value of morpho-syntactic properties of inflection, word-order variation, definiteness and agreement 3. Why is it that in cases of specific language impairment it is mainly morpho-syntactic properties of the target language that are affected Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Genthiner Strasse 13, 10785 Berlin 360 pp. Englisch.