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Information structure and the dynamics of language acquisition /

The papers in this volume focus on the impact of information structure on language acquisition, thereby taking different linguistic approaches into account. They start from an empirical point of view, and examine data from natural first and second language acquisition, which cover a wide range of va...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dimroth, Christine, Starren, Marianne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, ©2003.
Colección:Studies in bilingualism ; v. 26.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Information Structure and the Dynamics of Language Acquisition; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Introduction; Finiteness and scope relations; Development of verb morphology and finiteness in children and adults acquiring French; "Tinkering'' with chunks; Finiteness in Germanic languages; On the similarities of L1 and L2 acquisition; Negation and relational predicates in French and English as second languages; The copula in learner Italian; The interaction between the development of verb morphology and the acquisition of temporal adverbs of contrast.