Other Children, Other Languages: Issues in the theory of Language Acquisition

by Levy; Yonata

• ISBN13: 9780805813302
• ISBN10: 0805813306
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-01-01
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

This volume investigates the implications of the study of populations other than educated, middle-class, normal children and languages other than English on a universal theory of language acquisition. Because the authors represent different theoretical orientations, their contributions permit the reader to appreciate the full spectrum of language acquisition research. Emphasis is placed on the principle ways in which data from pathology and from a variety of languages may affect universal statements. The contributors confront some of the major theoretical issues in acquisition.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
References	p. 7
General Theoretical Issues	p. 9
Nondiscreteness and Variation in Child Language: Implications for Principle and Parameter Models of Language Development	p. 11
References	p. 37
Syntax-Semantics Mappings as an Explanation for Some Transitions in Age Development	p. 41
Acknowledgments	p. 71
References	p. 71
Two Approaches to the Acquisition of Grammar	p. 77
Acknowledgments	p. 106
References	p. 106
Cross-Linguistic Perspectives	p. 111
The Acquisition of Functional Structure	p. 113
Acknowledgments	p. 133
References	p. 133
The Acquisition of Italian Verb Morphology in a Cross-Linguistic Perspective	p. 137
Acknowledgments	p. 182
References	p. 182
Developmental Perspectives on Transitivity: a Confluence of Cues	p. 189
Acknowledgments	p. 234
References	p. 234
Appendix: Examples of """"Neutralization"""" = Transitivity Misassignments	p. 238
A Cross-Linguistic Approach to the Causative Alternation	p. 243
References	p. 262
Structural Dependency and the Acquisition of Grammatical Relations	p. 265
References	p. 300
Pathology	p. 303
The Place of Linguistic Theory in the Theory of Language Acquisition and Language Impairment	p. 305
Appendix	p. 327
Acknowledgments	p. 327
References	p. 329
Theoretical Implications of Inherited Dysphasia	p. 331
References	p. 355
The Relationship Between Language and Social Cognition: Lessons from Autism	p. 359
Acknowledgment	p. 376
References	p. 376
Concluding Chapter: Modularity Reconsidered	p. 383
References	p. 398
Author Index	p. 401
Language Index	p. 409
Subject Index	p. 411
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