Syntactic complexity from a language acquisition perspective
Grammar, Comparative and general Language acquisition e-böcker
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
2017
EISBN 9781443893527
Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Chapter One; Part I; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Part II; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Index
The volume examines syntactic complexity from an acquisitional perspective, which offers a peculiarly grounded starting point when dealing with linguistic complexity, under the assumption that what is simpler is acquired earlier than what must be thought of as complex. Connecting acquisitional data inseparably to formal linguistic analyses, it not only allows a comparison between structures at various levels in terms of complexity, but also a deeper insight into the factors determining complexity in different populations of acquirers.The book is divided into two parts following an introductory.
The volume examines syntactic complexity from an acquisitional perspective, which offers a peculiarly grounded starting point when dealing with linguistic complexity, under the assumption that what is simpler is acquired earlier than what must be thought of as complex. Connecting acquisitional data inseparably to formal linguistic analyses, it not only allows a comparison between structures at various levels in terms of complexity, but also a deeper insight into the factors determining complexity in different populations of acquirers.The book is divided into two parts following an introductory.
