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The Acquisition of Verbs and their Grammar : The Effect of Particular Languages (Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics)
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The Acquisition of Verbs and their Grammar : The Effect of Particular Languages (Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics)
This volume investigates the linguistic development of children with
regard to their knowledge of the verb and its grammar. The selection of
papers gives empirical evidence from a wide variety of languages
including Hebrew, German, Croatian, Japanese, English, Spanish, Dutch,
Indonesian, Estonian, Russian and French. Findings are interpreted with
a focus on cross-linguistic similarities and differences, without
subscribing to either a UG-based or usage-based approach. Currently
debated topics, such as the role of frequency, as well as traditional
ones such as bootstrapping are integrated into the presentation of
language-specific, learner-specific and more general properties of the
acquisition process. The papers are united by their focus on
discovering what determines rule-governed behavior in language learners
who are coming to terms with the grammar of verbs.