15.3315, Qs: Child Lang Acquisition; 'Topic', 'Comment'

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1)
Date: 25-Nov-2004
From: Alison How < a.l.how at herts.ac.uk >
Subject: Child Lang Acquisition 

2)
Date: 25-Nov-2004
From: Bittor Hidalgo < bittorhidalgo at euskalnet.net >
Subject: 'Topic', 'Comment' 
 

	
-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 14:15:51
From: Alison How < a.l.how at herts.ac.uk >
Subject: Child Lang Acquisition 
 

I am a 3rd year linguistics student at the University of Hertfordshire
embarking on my final year dissertation concerning past and plural
(English) morphology. I am specifically interested in investing U-shaped
learning in children and need to find papers involved in this area (the
original theorist would be very useful for a detailed discription). If
anyone could help even with some article or journal titles I would be most
greatful.

                   Thank You, Alison. 

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition; Morphology 
Subject Language(s): English (Language Code: ENG)



	
-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 14:15:54
From: Bittor Hidalgo < bittorhidalgo at euskalnet.net >
Subject: 'Topic', 'Comment' 

	

Does anyone know who is the first linguist using the terms ''topic'' and
''comment'' referring to the information structure of the sentence? My
first reference is: 

Ch. F. Hockett (1958) A Course in Modern Linguistics. New York, Macmillan, 201. 

He uses the terms again in: 

(1963) «The Problem of Universals in Language», in J.H. Greenberg (ed.),
Universals of Language, 18 (2nd. ed. 1966, 23). 

But somewhere I read that it was Bloomfield who first used the terms in 1935. I
think Bloomfield doesn't use them at least in his 1933's ''Language''. But I
also think Hockett was Bloomfield's follower in some way. Could anyone give me
more information around it? I will submit a summary of the answers in case. 

Thanks. Bittor 

Linguistic Field(s): Syntax 




 



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