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< BACK Language Acquisition The Growth of Grammar Maria Teresa Guasti Table of Contents1 Basic ConceptsReflections on the Course of Language Acquisition; The Logical Problem of Language Acquisition; The Notion of Grammar; Constraints; Where Does Knowledge of Language Come From?; The Critical Period 2 First Steps into Language The Quest for the Native Language; Learning the Phonemic Contrasts of the Native Language; Infants' Speech Production 3 Acquisition of the Lexicon Why Finding Words Is a Problem; Why Acquiring the Meaning of Words Is a Problem; Acquisition of Verbs; Bootstrapping of Syntax 4 The Emergence of Syntax Word Order in Children's Productions; The Structure of Early Clauses; The Subject Agreement Relation; Root Infinitives 5 Null Subjects in Early Languages Parametric Accounts of Early Null Subjects; Root Null Subjects; Performance Accounts 6 Acquisition of Wh-Movement Question Formation in Early Systems; Auxless Questions in Early English; Long-Distance Wh-Movement; Relative Clauses 7 Acquisition of NP-Movement Passive Constructions in Adult and Child Grammar; A Maturational Account of Early Passive Constructions; Problems with the Maturational Account; New Findings about Early Passives 8 Acquisition of the Binding Principles The Binding Theory; Principle A; Principle B; Principle C 9 Aspects of the Acquisition of Quantification Prerequisites for Handling Quantificational Structures; The Structure of Quantified NPs and the Syntax-Semantics Mapping in Adult Language; Children's Errors with Universal Quantification 10 Acquisition of Control Aspects of the Theory of Control; The Structure-Changing Hypothesis; The Maturation Hypothesis; The Lexical-Syntactic Integration Hypothesis 11 Dissociation between Language and Other Cognitive Abilities Impaired Language in Otherwise Normal Children: Specific Language Impairment; Approaches to Specific Language Impairment; Relatively Intact Language in an Otherwise Impaired System: Williams Syndrome Appendix A: Normal or Gaussian Distribution Appendix B: Tests to Assess Specific Language Impairment |
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