| Functional Categories in Language Acquisition: Self-Organization of a Dynamical System Reprint 2011 Edition Contributor(s): Hohenberger, Annette (Author) |
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ISBN: 3484304561 ISBN-13: 9783484304567 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $146.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Syntax - Foreign Language Study | German |
| LCCN: 2002487555 |
| Series: Linguistische Arbeiten |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.41 lbs) 327 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study investigates the acquisition of Functional Categories from the perspective of self-organization. Syntax emerges through a major bifurcation of the dynamical language system. Dynamical notions such as precursor, oscillation, symmetry-breaking, and trigger are explanatory tools for the dynamics of early child language as evidenced in the acquisition of compounding, case-marking, finiteness, V2, wh-questions, etc. The book addresses researchers from various theoretical camps: generative, functional, connectionist, by giving new answers to old questions in the light of a novel challenging theory: self-organization. |