Variable properties in language : their nature and acquisition /

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This edited volume, based on papers presented at the 2017 Georgetown University Round Table on Language and Linguistics (GURT), approaches the study of language variation from a variety of angles. Language variation research asks broad questions such as, "why are languages' grammatical str...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics Washington, D.C.
Other Authors: Lightfoot, David, 1945- (Editor), Havenhill, Jonathan (Editor)
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2019]
Series:Georgetown University round table on languages and linguistics series (2004)
Subjects:
Language and languages > Variation > Congresses.
Variation (Linguistique) > Congrès.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
Language and languages > Variation
Conference papers and proceedings
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Re-thinking variable properties in language : introduction / David W. Lightfoot and Jonathan Havenhill
  • Contrastive feature hierarchies in phonology : variation and universality / B. Elan Dresher
  • Scope variation in contrastive hierarchies of morphosyntactic features / Elizabeth Cowper and Daniel Currie Hall
  • Allophonic systems as a variable within individual speakers / Betsy Sneller
  • A label theoretic explanation of the resultative parameter / Daniel Milway
  • Adverbial?-s: so awks but so natural! / Norbert Corver
  • The acquisition of English article alternations : variation, competition, and the default / Marjorie Pak
  • Verb second word order in Norwegian heritage language : syntax and pragmatics / Marit Westergaard and Terje Lohndal
  • Acquisition of morphosyntax : a pattern learning approach / Heidi Getz
  • How to be faithful to the input in a situation of language contact / Alicia Avellana, Luca Brandani, Hannah Forsythe, and Cristina Schmitt
  • Variation and mental representation / Gregory Guy
  • Variation and competing i-languages in Creole genesis : a synchronic and diachronic view / Marlyse Baptista
  • Transmission revisited / Gillian Sankoff
  • The value of small communities in a big data world : investigating Smith Island English in real and apparent time / Natalie Schilling
  • All zeros are not equal in African American English / Lisa Green.

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