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Born to parse : how children select their languages /

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lightfoot, David, 1945- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Language awareness in children.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Parsing.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Second language acquisition > Study and teaching (Elementary)
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Three Visions
  • 2. Three New Parses
  • 3. Parsing and Variable Properties
  • 4. Parsing at Interfaces
  • 5. Population Biology: The Spread of New Variable Properties
  • 6. Variable Properties in Language: Their Nature and Selection
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.