Born to parse : how children select their languages /
"This book represents a new approach to language acquisition and to variable properties in language. By taking a novel approach in allowing for an account of the acquisition of variable properties of language and a biologically plausible treatment of language variation, Lightfoot argues against...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
The MIT Press,
[2020]
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| Summary: | "This book represents a new approach to language acquisition and to variable properties in language. By taking a novel approach in allowing for an account of the acquisition of variable properties of language and a biologically plausible treatment of language variation, Lightfoot argues against the use of binary parameters, for the centrality of parsing in language acquisition, and for the "openness" of Universal Grammar"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 196 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780262044097 0262044099 |