Language acquisition and the functional category system
By: Peter Jordens
Series: SOLA Studies on language acquisition -- 39; Studies on language acquisition -- 39.
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berlin; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9783110216202; 9783110216219
Subjects: Language acquisition
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-276) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. -- Language acquisition from a functional perspective ; -- Overview of the book; title: Lexical vs. functional elements ;; title: Structure in language ;; title: Language structure in production;; title: Phrase structure:; title: Lexical selection:; title: Phrasal coherence;; title: Utterance structure:; title: Perspective taking:; title: Contextual embedding:; title: Lexical categories:; title: Functional categories;; title: Word formation:; title: Derivation, inherent and contextual inflection:; title: Lexical and functional categories of word formation ;; title: Learner systems;; title: Utterance structure at the initial stage;; title: Word formation at the initial stage ;; title: First and second language acquisition ;; title: Research questions ;; title: Data sources --; title: The target system. -- Introduction ;; title: Utterance structure;; title: Basic word order;; title: Word order variation;; title: Information structure and lexical meaning:; title: VP structure:; title: FP structure:; title: The function of F:; title: Movement;; title: Summary ;; title: Utterance production;; title: Conceptualization, lexicalization and predication:; title: Conceptualization:; title: Lexicalization:; title: Predication;; title: Expressing finiteness and contextual embedding:; title: The semantic function of finiteness :; title: Truth value:; title: Anchoring :; title: Temporal anchoring :; title: Spatial anchoring:; title: The function of SpecFP;; title: Summary ;; title: Hypotheses on language development --; title: The initial state.; title: Finiteness at the initial state ;; title: Theoretical accounts;; title: Morpho-syntactic systems:; title: Poeppel and Wexler (1993), Wexler (1998):; title: Discussion;; title: Semantic systems:; title: Clahsen (1986):; title: Discussion:; title: Ingram and Thompson (1996):; title: Discussion;; title: Summary ;; title: The alternative ;; title: Summary --; title: The lexical stage.; title: Basic languages, research questions ;; title: The analysis of early learner data ;; title: Utterance structure at the lexical stage;; title: Lexical projections;; title: Testing the model : ergativesand particle verbs:; title: Ergatives:; title: Particle verbs;; title: Word order:; title: Subject first:; title: Topic first;; title: Head-initial;; title: Summary ;; title: Conflicting constraints ;; title: Conclusion ;; title: From the lexical stage to the functional stage --; title: The functional stage.; title: The acquisition of the projection of F;; title: Utterance structure at the lexical stage;; title: Towards a functional topic position;; title: Towards a grammatical subject position ;; title: Evidence of the projection of F;; title: The functional topic position;; title: The functional category F:; title: Analysis of the modal expressions 'ulle', 'mag-ikke' and 'nee':; title: Analysis of the unanalysed modal expressions:; title: Epistemic modals:; title: The auxiliary verbs 'heb, heeft' and 'ben, is':; title: The auxiliary verbs 'doe, doef and 'ga, gaat';; title: Topicalization ;; title: The topic position;; title: The affix in F as a topicalization device;; title: Yes/no- and wh-questions;; title: Verb-third in adult L2 ;; title: Finiteness;; title: Auxiliary verbs:; title: Verb placement:; title: 'Light verbs':; title: Morphological properties of finiteness in L2 Dutch;; title: Grammatical aspect;; title: Tense;; title: Agreement ;; title: Summary --; title: Finiteness in language acquisition research.; title: Finiteness in first language research;; title: L1 Dutch : Gillis (2003);; title: L1 German : Bittner (2003);; title: Summary ;; title: Finiteness in second language research;; title: Verb placement and inflectional morphology:; title: The contingency between verb placement and morphology:; title: Methodological questions:; title: Verb placement and inflectional morphology in second language research;; title: Restrictions on the contingency between verb placement and inflection:; title: Parodi (1998, 2000);; title: The dissociation of verb placement and inflection : the impaired representation Hypothesis:; title: Meisel (1997);; title: The separation of verb placement and inflection : the missing surface inflection Hypothesis:; title: Pré́vost and white (2000);; title: The acquisition of auxiliaries as a prerequisite for verb movement;; title: The stagewise acquisition of the functional category system:; title: Rule and Marsden (2006):; title: Vainikka and Young-Scholten (1996, 2011) : The organic grammar approach:; title: Becker (2005);; title: Summary:; title: The contingency between verb placement and morphology:; title: The acquisition of the auxiliary as a carrier of finiteness --; title: Conclusion.; title: Basic languages ;; title: The lexical stage ;; title: The functional stage ;; title: Driving forces ---- References-- Index.