Acquisition of Aspect

[Ping Li]

Dear Colleagues,

This is an update to a previous message in response to Shoba's
inquiry and subsequent inquiries from colleagues. The Li&Shirai book
on the acquisition of aspect is finally available, and you can make
your inquiry/order either via email to orders at degruyter.de or by
accessing the following two websites, one at my own site and one at
Amazon.com:

http://www.richmond.edu/~pli/book.html

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/3110166151/qid%3D971147087/102-

Thank you, and please let me know if you need further information.

Sincerely

Ping Li

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>Dear Shoba,
>
>In a recent monograph, Yas Shirai and I examined the phenomena that you
>mentioned in both L1 and L2, comparing data across English, Chinese, and
>Japanese, with theoretical discussions on developmental, crosslinguistic,
>and connectionist perspectives on the acquisition of tense/aspect. The book
>should come out soon or anytime now, and you can print out and mail the
>order form from the website  http://www.richmond.edu/~pli/book.html or
>contact kleinhenz at degruyter.de via email.
>
>Li, P. & Shirai, Y. (2000). The acquisition of lexical and grammatical aspect.
>	Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
>
>Its Table of Contents is enclosed here for your information:
>
>    Preface
>Chapter 1  Introduction
>Chapter 2  Aspect: Problem of lexicon and morphology
>Chapter 3  Theories of language acquisition and the acquisition of aspect
>
>Chapter 4  Acquisition of aspect in English
>Chapter 5  Acquisition of aspect in Chinese
>Chapter 6  Acquisition of aspect in Japanese
>Chapter 7  A connectionist model of the acquisition of aspect
>Chapter 8  Acquisition of aspect: Conclusions and future directions
>
>    Postscript
>    Notes
>
>    References
>    Author Index
>    Subject Index
>
>Please let me know if this book is useful to your work.
>
>Best,
>
>Ping Li
>
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