| Knowledge and Learning in Natural Language Contributor(s): Yang, Charles D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199254141 ISBN-13: 9780199254149 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $180.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2003 Annotation: It is a simple observation that children make mistakes when they learn a language. Yet, to the trained eye, these mistakes are far from random; in fact, they closely resemble perfectly grammatical utterances by adults--who speak other languages. This type of error analysis suggests a novel view of language learning: children are born with a fixed set of hypotheses about language--Chomsky's Universal Grammar--and these hypotheses compete to match the child's ambient language in a Darwinian fashion. The book presents evidence for this perspective from the study of children's words and grammar, and how language changes over time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 401.93 |
| LCCN: 2002030758 |
| Series: Oxford Linguistics |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.97 lbs) 188 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It is a simple observation that children make mistakes when they learn a language. Yet, to the trained eye, these mistakes are far from random; in fact, they closely resemble perfectly grammatical utterances by adults--who speak other languages. This type of error analysis suggests a novel view of language learning: children are born with a fixed set of hypotheses about language--Chomsky's Universal Grammar--and these hypotheses compete to match the child's ambient language in a Darwinian fashion. The book presents evidence for this perspective from the study of children's words and grammar, and how language changes over time. |