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Syntactic Complexity from a Language Acquisition Perspective

2017-05-11 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Syntactic Complexity from a Language Acquisition Perspective by : Elisa Di Domenico

Download or read book Syntactic Complexity from a Language Acquisition Perspective written by Elisa Di Domenico. This book was released on 2017-05-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume examines syntactic complexity from an acquisitional perspective, which offers a peculiarly grounded starting point when dealing with linguistic complexity, under the assumption that what is simpler is acquired earlier than what must be thought of as complex. Connecting acquisitional data inseparably to formal linguistic analyses, it not only allows a comparison between structures at various levels in terms of complexity, but also a deeper insight into the factors determining complexity in different populations of acquirers. The book is divided into two parts following an introductory chapter. The papers in Part I consider the first language acquisition of some complex structures such as different types of passives, relative clauses, questions and classes of predicates, with a look at children’s early sensitivity to seemingly complex domains, such as the Definiteness Effect and unaccusative predicates. Part II is dedicated to the acquisition of complex structures in different modes of acquisition. The papers here examine, sometimes comparatively, different conditions of language acquisition dealing with clitics, types of relative clauses or referential pronouns. The languages considered range from European Portuguese to Finnish, French, German, Italian and Romanian.

Syntactic Complexity

2009 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Release : 2009
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Book Synopsis Syntactic Complexity by : Talmy Givón

Download or read book Syntactic Complexity written by Talmy Givón. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complex hierarchic syntax is considered one of the hallmarks of human language. The highest level of syntactic complexity, recursive-embedded clauses, has been singled out by some for a special status as the apex of the uniquely-human language faculty – evolutionary but somehow immune to adaptive selection. This volume, coming out of a symposium held at Rice University in March 2008, tackles syntactic complexity from multiple developmental perspectives. We take it for granted that grammar is an adaptive instrument of communication, assembled upon the pre-existing platform of pre-linguistic cognition. Most of the papers in the volume deal with the two grand developmental trends of human language: diachrony, the communal enterprise directly responsible for fashioning synchronic morpho-syntax; and ontogeny, the individual endeavor directly responsible for the acquisition of competent grammatical performance. The genesis of syntactic complexity along these two developmental trends is considered alongside with the cognition and neurology of grammar and of syntactic complexity, and the evolutionary relevance of diachrony, ontogeny and pidginization is argued on general bio-evolutionary grounds. Lastly, several of the contributions to the volume suggest that recursive embedding is not in itself an adaptive target, but rather the by-product of two distinct adaptive gambits: the recruitment of conjoined clauses as modal operators on other clauses and the subsequent condensation of paratactic into syntactic structures.

Syntactic Theory and First Language Acquisition: Heads, projections, and learnability

1994 Grammar, Comparative and general
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Release : 1994
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Book Synopsis Syntactic Theory and First Language Acquisition: Heads, projections, and learnability by : Barbara Lust

Download or read book Syntactic Theory and First Language Acquisition: Heads, projections, and learnability written by Barbara Lust. This book was released on 1994. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Syntactic Theory and First Language Acquisition: Binding, dependencies, and learnability

1994 Grammar, Comparative and general
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Book Synopsis Syntactic Theory and First Language Acquisition: Binding, dependencies, and learnability by : Barbara Lust

Download or read book Syntactic Theory and First Language Acquisition: Binding, dependencies, and learnability written by Barbara Lust. This book was released on 1994. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Complexity Theory and Language Development

2017-11-15 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Complexity Theory and Language Development by : Lourdes Ortega

Download or read book Complexity Theory and Language Development written by Lourdes Ortega. This book was released on 2017-11-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is both a state-of-the-art display of current thinking on second language development as a complex system. It is also a tribute to Diane Larsen-Freeman for her decades of intellectual leadership in the academic disciplines of applied linguistics and second language acquisition. The chapters therein range from theoretical expositions to methodological analyses, pedagogical proposals, and conceptual frameworks for future research. In a balanced and in-depth manner, the authors provide a comprehensive and interdisciplinary understanding of second language development, with a wealth of insights that promise to break the status-quo of current research and take it to exciting new territory. The book will appeal to both seasoned and novice researchers in applied linguistics, second language acquisition, bilingualism, cognitive psychology, and education, as well as to practitioners in second or foreign language teaching of any language.

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