New book - The acquisition of Modern Greek

[Theodore Marinis]

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The Acquisition of the DP in Modern Greek

Theodoros Marinis

University College London

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.

Language Acquisition and Language Disorders, 31
2003. Hb xiv, 261 pp. 90 272 2500 1 EUR 105.00
1 58811 450 3 USD 105.00

Acknowledgements; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Acquisition theories and the
acquisition of the DP; 2. Methodology; 3. The DP in Modern Greek; 4.
Acquiring the DP in MG; 5. The acquisition of the possessive construction;
6. The acquisition of Determiner Spreading; 7. The acquisition of
appositive constructions involving kinship terms and proper names; 8.
Summary and conclusion; References; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Index

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Department of Human Communication Science
University College London
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