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Minimalist inquiries into child and adult language acquisition [electronic resource] : case studies across Portuguese / edited by Acrisio Pires, Jason Rothman.

Contributor(s): Pires, Acrisio | Rothman, JasonMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: Studies on language acquisition ; 35.Publication details: Berlin, DE : Mouton de Gruyter, c2009Description: 1 online resource (viii, 354 p.) : illISBN: 9783110215359 (electronic bk.); 3110215357 (electronic bk.); 128229654X; 9781282296541Subject(s): Second language acquisition -- Case studies | Bilingualism -- Case studies | Portuguese language -- Acquisition -- Case studies | Portuguese language -- Ability testing -- Case studies | Grammar, Comparative and general -- Case studies | Minimalist theory (Linguistics) | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- PsycholinguisticsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 401/.93 LOC classification: P118.2 | .M57 2009ebOnline resources: EBSCOhost

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Frontmatter; Contents; Foreword; Child and adult language acquisition, linguistic theory and (microparametric) variation; Bootstrapping language acquisition from a minimalist standpoint: On the identification of?-features in Brazilian Portuguese; Clitic omission in the acquisition of European Portuguese: Data from comprehension; Speculations about the acquisition of wh-questions in Brazilian Portuguese; Aspect and the acquisition of null objects in Brazilian Portuguese; Acquisition of Brazilian Portuguese in late childhood: Implications for syntactic theory and language change.

Summary: This volume brings together chapters written by specialists in North America, Europe and Brazil. It includes original research about the acquisition (L1, bilingualism) and acquisition/ learning (L2 or L3) of dialects of Brazilian and European Portuguese. In an effort to maximize volume cohesion, the emphasis has been on contributions that present studies exploring both empirical/experimental and theoretical aspects of the acquisition of syntax, and its interfaces with morphology, with semantics/pragmatics, and with language change. Within the generative paradigm alone there are various volumes.

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This volume brings together chapters written by specialists in North America, Europe and Brazil. It includes original research about the acquisition (L1, bilingualism) and acquisition/ learning (L2 or L3) of dialects of Brazilian and European Portuguese. In an effort to maximize volume cohesion, the emphasis has been on contributions that present studies exploring both empirical/experimental and theoretical aspects of the acquisition of syntax, and its interfaces with morphology, with semantics/pragmatics, and with language change. Within the generative paradigm alone there are various volumes.

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