15.317, Books: Language Acquisition: Marinis

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Date:  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 10:06:52 -0500 (EST)
From:  paul at benjamins.com
Subject:  The Acquisition of the DP in Modern Greek: Marinis

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Date:  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 10:06:52 -0500 (EST)
From:  paul at benjamins.com
Subject:  The Acquisition of the DP in Modern Greek: Marinis

Title: The Acquisition of the DP in Modern Greek
Series Title: Language Acquisition and Language Disorders 31

Publication Year: 2004
Publisher:	John Benjamins
		http://www.benjamins.com/
		http://www.benjamins.nl		

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.nl/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=LALD_31

Author: Theodoros Marinis, University College London

Hardback: ISBN: 1588114503, Pages: xiv, 261 pp., Price: USD 126.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027225001, Pages: xiv, 261 pp., Price: EUR 105.00

Abstract:

This book offers new data on the acquisition of functional categories
in early child speech. Based on longitudinal corpora of five children
acquiring Modern Greek as their first language, it describes the
development of single DPs consisting of definite and indefinite
articles, complex DPs that require the use of multiple definite
articles - possessive constructions, appositive constructions and
Determiner Spreading, a form of adjectival modification - and number
and case marking in nouns and definite articles. Detailed quantitative
and qualitative analyses show an incremental development of the
DP. The findings address the debate concerning maturation versus
continuity. Incremental acquisition of the DP argues in favour of a
weak continuity approach to language acquisition. Whilst gradual
acquisition of the DP remains unexplained within the Principles and
Parameters Theory, it is fully compatible within Minimalism, as it is
argued to result from the gradual acquisition of the features
associated with the Greek DP.

Table of contents

Acknowledgements  ix
Preface  xi
Abbreviations  xiii
1. Acquisition theories and the acquisition of the DP  1-34
2. Methodology  35-54
3. The DP in Modern Greek  55-83
4. Acquiring the DP in MG  85-138
5. The acquisition of the possessive construction  139-164
6. The acquisition of Determiner Spreading  165-190
7. The acquisition of appositive constructions involving kinship terms
	and proper names 191-214
8. Summary and conclusion  215-225
References  227-237
Appendix 1  239-246
Appendix 2  247-253
Index  255-259

Lingfield(s):	Language Acquisition 			

Subject Language(s):	Greek (Language code: GRK)

Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)

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