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Language Acquisition and the Theory of Parameters
Nina Hyams
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Paperback. Series: Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 330.
This book is perhaps the most stunning available demonstration of the explanatory power of the parametric approach to linguistic theory. It is akin, not to a deductive proof, but to the discovery of a footprint in a far-off place which leaves an archeologist elated. The book is full of intricate reasoning, but the stunning aspect is that the reasoning moves between not only complex syntax and diverse languages, but it makes predictions about what two-year-old children will assume about the jumble of linguistic input that confronts them. Those predictions, Hyams shows, are supported by a discriminating analysis of acquisition data ... Read more
This book is perhaps the most stunning available demonstration of the explanatory power of the parametric approach to linguistic theory. It is akin, not to a deductive proof, but to the discovery of a footprint in a far-off place which leaves an archeologist elated. The book is full of intricate reasoning, but the stunning aspect is that the reasoning moves between not only complex syntax and diverse languages, but it makes predictions about what two-year-old children will assume about the jumble of linguistic input that confronts them. Those predictions, Hyams shows, are supported by a discriminating analysis of acquisition data ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics
Number of Pages
186
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789027722195
SKU
V9789027722195
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