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