Minimal answers
Subtitle: ellipsis, syntax and discourse in the acquisition of European Portuguese
By: Ana Lúcia Santos.
Series: Language acquisition and language disorders -- v. 48
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub. Company; John Benjamins Publishing Company
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9789027253095
Subjects: Portuguese language -- Acquisition; Language acquisition; Portuguese language -- Portugal; Children -- Language
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: List of tables; title: List of figures; title: Preface; title: Abbreviations used in glosses; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. VPE and the structural and anaphoric properties of minimal answers in EP adult grammar; title: 3. Learnability issues in VPE and focus; title: 4. How early can VPE be found?; title: 5. Answers as a window into the interpretation of questions; title: 6. Conclusions; title: References.