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A broad critical survey of the research literature on child language development, providing coverage of both theoretical and empirical issues. Covering a wide range of perspectives, this text constructs a picture of how children acquire the syntax of English.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 1: The Study of Language Acquisition 2: One-Word Utterances 3: Early Multiword Utterances 4: Word Order and Case 5: Subject Drop 6: Embedded Clauses 7: Wh Questions 8: Inversion 9: Relative Clauses and Clefts 10: Passives 11: Constraints on Coreference 12: The Learnability Problem 13: UG-Based Theories of the Acquisition Device 14: Alternatives to UG 15: Theories of Development 16: Concluding Remarks Notes Glossary References Index

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 18/08/1997
      ISBN13: 9780226620756, 978-0226620756
      ISBN10: 0226620751
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      Grammar, syntax and morphology Child and developmental psychology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A broad critical survey of the research literature on child language development, providing coverage of both theoretical and empirical issues. Covering a wide range of perspectives, this text constructs a picture of how children acquire the syntax of English.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments 1: The Study of Language Acquisition 2: One-Word Utterances 3: Early Multiword Utterances 4: Word Order and Case 5: Subject Drop 6: Embedded Clauses 7: Wh Questions 8: Inversion 9: Relative Clauses and Clefts 10: Passives 11: Constraints on Coreference 12: The Learnability Problem 13: UG-Based Theories of the Acquisition Device 14: Alternatives to UG 15: Theories of Development 16: Concluding Remarks Notes Glossary References Index

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