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Parameter Setting
. Ed(S): Roeper, Tom; Williams, Edwin
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Paperback. Editor(s): Roeper, Tom; Williams, Edwin. Series: Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 860.
In May 1985 the University of Massachusetts held the first conference on the parameter setting model of grammar and acquisition. The conference was conceived in the belief that there is a new possibility of tightly connecting grammatical studies and language acquisition studies, and that this new possibility has grown out of the new generation of ideas about the relation of Universal Grammar to the grammar of particular languages. The papers in this volume are all concerned in one way or another with the 'parametric' model of grammar, and with its role in explaining the acquisition of language. Before summarizing the ... Read more
In May 1985 the University of Massachusetts held the first conference on the parameter setting model of grammar and acquisition. The conference was conceived in the belief that there is a new possibility of tightly connecting grammatical studies and language acquisition studies, and that this new possibility has grown out of the new generation of ideas about the relation of Universal Grammar to the grammar of particular languages. The papers in this volume are all concerned in one way or another with the 'parametric' model of grammar, and with its role in explaining the acquisition of language. Before summarizing the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics
Number of Pages
253
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789027723161
SKU
V9789027723161
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Reviews for Parameter Setting
`These papers represent the best current thinking by linguists of how contemporary theories of grammar can help to explain real time acquisition. The essays are both theoretically sensitive and empirically reasonable. Roeper and Williams' collection will be useful to psychologists and linguists alike.' Norbert Hornstein, Associate Professor, University of Maryland