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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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Main Author: Lightfoot, David, 1945- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : 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)
LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE/Language Acquisition
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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"--
Physical Description:1 online resource.
ISBN:0262358867
9780262358866
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/12799.001.0001