20.1415, Books: Lang Acquisition/Syntax: Santos

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Subject: 20.1415, Books: Lang Acquisition/Syntax: Santos

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Date: 14-Apr-2009
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: Minimal Answers: Santos

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Subject: Minimal Answers: Santos

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Title: Minimal Answers 
Subtitle: Ellipsis, syntax and discourse in the acquisition of European Portuguese 
Series Title: Language Acquisition and Language Disorders 48  

Publication Year: 2009 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=LALD%2048 

Author: Ana Lúcia Santos

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027289766 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 105.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027289766 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 158.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027253095 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 105.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027253095 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 158.00

Abstract:

This book offers a new contribution to the debate concerning the
acquisition of the syntax-discourse interface. It provides evidence that
children acquiring European Portuguese have a very early ability to
spontaneously produce VP ellipsis as answers to yes-no questions. It is
also argued that the distribution of VP ellipsis in European Portuguese
(including its co-existence with Null Complement Anaphora) supports the
hypothesis that the identification condition on ellipsis is derivable from
some innate knowledge of the syntax-discourse interface. Answers to yes-no
questions also provide evidence concerning children's interpretation of
questions containing a cleft or the operator só 'only'. The analysis of
spontaneous production is complemented by a comprehension experiment,
showing that children have two problems in the interpretation of these
questions: (i) they do not understand that the cleft and só introduce a
presupposition and (ii) they start with a default focus assignment strategy
and may not access other focus interpretations. 

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Language Acquisition
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): Portuguese (por)

Written In: English  (eng)

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