The Function of Function Words and Functional Categories
Author: Marcel den Dikken
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 2005-01-01
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9789027228024
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The Function of Function Words and Functional Categories
Author: Marcel den Dikken
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 2005-08-25
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 902729433X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume brings together papers which address a range of issues regarding the syntax of function words and functional categories in the Germanic languages. The works offered in this volume derive specifically from comparative studies of Germanic; at the same time they all bear directly on long-standing problems in syntactic theory and universal grammar. The contributions include novel theoretical and empirical approaches to infinitives, the syntax and acquisition of Verb Second, the structure and interpretation of present tense, the syntax and semantics of reflexives, the relationship between expletive syntax and the EPP, the syntax of possession, and the DP-internal syntax of pronouns. Some contributions present the results of experimental research which provide an entirely fresh perspective on previously unchallenged claims.
Semi-lexical Categories
Author: Norbert Corver
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2013-05-22
Total Pages: 564
ISBN-13: 3110874008
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe distinction between functional categories and lexical categories is at the heart of present-day grammatical theory, in theories on language acquisition, code-switching and aphasia. At the same time, it has become clear, however, that there are many lexical items for which it is less easy to decide whether they side with the lexical categories or the functional ones. This book deals with the grammatical behavior of such in- between-categories, which are referred to here as "semi-lexical categories".
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published:
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 1316764397
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLittle Words
Author: Ronald P. Leow
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 2009-03-15
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 1589015967
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLittle Words is an interdisciplinary examination of the functions and change in the use of clitics, pronouns, determiners, conjunctions, discourse particles, auxiliary/light verbs, prepositions, and other “little words” that have played a central role in linguistic theory and in language acquisition research. Leading scholars present advanced research in phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse function, historical development, variation, and acquisition by children and adults. This unique volume integrates the views and findings of these different research areas into one professional source to be used within and across disciplines. Languages studied include English, Spanish, French, Romanian, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Slavonic, and Medieval Leonese.
Language Development and Developmental Language Disorder
Author: Peter Jordens
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2022-06-06
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 3110712024
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAcquisition of the native language proceeds in a stage-wise manner for both typically developing (TD) children and children with developmental language disorder (DLD). As shown in TD children learning Dutch and German, the ability to establish contextual cohesion serves as the driving force to proceed from a simple, lexical system to a more complex, functional system. It is argued that precisely this ability is challenged in children with DLD. The present book offers an account of the functional linguistic features fit to achieve contextual cohesion in language production. It provides a rationale for practitioners to develop linguistically founded tools to be used in speech therapy.
Stevens' Handbook of Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Social Psychology
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Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2018-02-01
Total Pages: 675
ISBN-13: 1119170060
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIV. Developmental & Social Psychology: Simona Ghetti (Volume Editor) (Topics covered include development of visual attention; self-evaluation; moral development; emotion-cognition interactions; person perception; memory; implicit social cognition; motivation group processes; development of scientific thinking; language acquisition; development of mathematical reasoning; emotion regulation; emotional development; development of theory of mind; category and conceptual development; attitudes; executive function.)
Minimalist Syntax
Author: Andrew Radford
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004-05-27
Total Pages: 532
ISBN-13: 9780521542746
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The Oxford Handbook of Experimental Syntax
Author: Jon Sprouse
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2023-03-16
Total Pages: 705
ISBN-13: 0192518569
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume showcases the contributions that formal experimental methods can make to syntactic research in the 21st century. Syntactic theory is both a domain of study in its own right, and one component of an integrated theory of the cognitive neuroscience of language. It provides a theory of the mediation between sound and meaning, a theory of the representations constructed during sentence processing, and a theory of the end-state for language acquisition. Given the highly interactive nature of the theory of syntax, this volume defines "experimental syntax" in the broadest possible terms, exploring both formal experimental methods that have been part of the domain of syntax since its inception (i.e., acceptability judgment methods) and formal experimental methods that have arisen through the interaction of syntactic theory with the domains of acquisition, psycholinguistics, and neurolinguistics. The Oxford Handbook of Experimental Syntax brings these methods together into a single experimental syntax volume for the first time, providing high-level reviews of major experimental work, offering guidance for researchers looking to incorporate these diverse methods into their own work, and inspiring new research that will push the boundaries of the theory of syntax. It will appeal to students and scholars from the advanced undergraduate level upwards in a range of fields including syntax, acquisition, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, and computational linguistics.
The Nature and Function of Syntactic Categories
Author: Robert Borsley
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 1999-10-15
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 1849500096
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTo paraphrase, of the making of syntactic categories there is no end. For any theory of syntax, questions arise about its classificatory scheme: what are the categories? What properties do they have? How do they relate to each other? Eleven essays address these questions by inquiring whether there is a clear distinction between lexical and functional categories, how syntactic categories relate to semantic categories, the relation between syntactic and morphological information, as well as other inquiries. Above all the essays highlight the centrality of questions about syntactic categories for a number of different theoretical frameworks. It discusses a broad range of questions about syntactic categories and presents a number of theoretical frameworks.
