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OverviewThis book provides new insights into the acquisition of functional categories in child language. Operating within the Minimalist Framework (Chomsky 1995) it examines in particular the availability of Determiner Phrases in the grammar of young children acquiring Spanish as a first language. The analysis reveals an interaction in child grammar around the production of bare nominals, proto-determiners and full determiner phrases. Socarrás performs both qualitative and quantitative analyses to point to a link between the development stages children go through, and the occurrence of these elements in their speech. The work goes on to address the language acquisition debate between the continuity and discontinuity hypotheses, aligning the findings with a conclusion on how best to organise the theory. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gilda SocarrasPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.345kg ISBN: 9781441133656ISBN 10: 1441133658 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 22 November 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface \ 1. Theoretical Foundations \ 2. Experimental Methodology \ 3. Gender Agreement \ 4. Number Agreement \ 5. Emergence of DP \ 6. Conclusions \ Bibliography \ IndexReviewsAuthor InformationGilda M. Socarrás is an Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics at Auburn University, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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