LINGUIST List 15.317
Wed Jan 28 2004
Books: Language Acquisition: Marinis
Editor for this issue: Neil Salmond <neillinguistlist.org>
Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers are
available at the end of this issue.
Directory
paul, The Acquisition of the DP in Modern Greek: Marinis
Message 1: The Acquisition of the DP in Modern Greek: Marinis
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 10:06:52 -0500 (EST)
From: paul <paulbenjamins.com>
Subject: The Acquisition of the DP in Modern Greek: Marinis
Title: The Acquisition of the DP in Modern Greek
Series Title: Language Acquisition and Language Disorders 31
Publication Year: 2004
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
http://www.benjamins.nl
Book URL: http://www.benjamins.nl/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=LALD_31
Author: Theodoros Marinis, University College London
Hardback: ISBN: 1588114503, Pages: xiv, 261 pp., Price: USD 126.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027225001, Pages: xiv, 261 pp., Price: EUR 105.00
Abstract:
This book offers new data on the acquisition of functional categories
in early child speech. Based on longitudinal corpora of five children
acquiring Modern Greek as their first language, it describes the
development of single DPs consisting of definite and indefinite
articles, complex DPs that require the use of multiple definite
articles - possessive constructions, appositive constructions and
Determiner Spreading, a form of adjectival modification - and number
and case marking in nouns and definite articles. Detailed quantitative
and qualitative analyses show an incremental development of the
DP. The findings address the debate concerning maturation versus
continuity. Incremental acquisition of the DP argues in favour of a
weak continuity approach to language acquisition. Whilst gradual
acquisition of the DP remains unexplained within the Principles and
Parameters Theory, it is fully compatible within Minimalism, as it is
argued to result from the gradual acquisition of the features
associated with the Greek DP.
Table of contents
Acknowledgements ix
Preface xi
Abbreviations xiii
1. Acquisition theories and the acquisition of the DP 1-34
2. Methodology 35-54
3. The DP in Modern Greek 55-83
4. Acquiring the DP in MG 85-138
5. The acquisition of the possessive construction 139-164
6. The acquisition of Determiner Spreading 165-190
7. The acquisition of appositive constructions involving kinship terms
and proper names 191-214
8. Summary and conclusion 215-225
References 227-237
Appendix 1 239-246
Appendix 2 247-253
Index 255-259
Lingfield(s): Language Acquisition
Subject Language(s): Greek (Language code: GRK)
Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)
See this book announcement on our website:
http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=8699.