| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 354 pages) : illustrations |
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Studies on language acquisition ; 35 |
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Studies on language acquisition ; 35.
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880-01 Frontmatter; Contents; Foreword; Child and adult language acquisition, linguistic theory and (microparametric) variation; Bootstrapping language acquisition from a minimalist standpoint: On the identification of?-features in Brazilian Portuguese; Clitic omission in the acquisition of European Portuguese: Data from comprehension; Speculations about the acquisition of wh-questions in Brazilian Portuguese; Aspect and the acquisition of null objects in Brazilian Portuguese; Acquisition of Brazilian Portuguese in late childhood: Implications for syntactic theory and language change |
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880-01/Grek Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Child and adult language acquisition, linguistic theory and (microparametric) variation -- Part 1 -- First Language Acquisition -- Bootstrapping language acquisition from a minimalist standpoint: On the identification of ϕ-features in Brazilian Portuguese -- Clitic omission in the acquisition of European Portuguese: Data from comprehension -- Speculations about the acquisition of wh-questions in Brazilian Portuguese -- Aspect and the acquisition of null objects in Brazilian Portuguese -- Acquisition of Brazilian Portuguese in late childhood: Implications for syntactic theory and language change -- Early VP ellipsis: Production and comprehension evidence -- Part 2 -- Adult and Second Language Acquisition -- Informing adult acquisition debates: N-Drop at the initial state of L3 Brazilian Portuguese -- Divergence at the syntax-discourse interface: Evidence from the L2 acquisition of contrastive focus in European Portuguese -- Competing SLA hypotheses assessed: Comparing heritage and successive Spanish bilinguals of L3 Brazilian Portuguese -- Brazilian Portuguese and the recovery of lost clitics through schooling -- The acquisition of clitic pronouns in L2 European Portuguese -- Subject expression in the non-native acquisition of Brazilian Portuguese -- Afterword -- Backmatter |
| Summary |
This volume brings together chapters written by specialists in North America, Europe and Brazil. It includes original research about the acquisition (L1, bilingualism) and acquisition/ learning (L2 or L3) of dialects of Brazilian and European Portuguese. In an effort to maximize volume cohesion, the emphasis has been on contributions that present studies exploring both empirical/experimental and theoretical aspects of the acquisition of syntax, and its interfaces with morphology, with semantics/pragmatics, and with language change. Within the generative paradigm alone there are various volumes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Second language acquisition -- Case studies
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Bilingualism -- Case studies
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Portuguese language -- Acquisition -- Case studies
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Portuguese language -- Ability testing -- Case studies
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Case studies
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Minimalist theory (Linguistics)
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Psycholinguistics.
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Bilingualism
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Grammar, Comparative and general
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Minimalist theory (Linguistics)
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Portuguese language -- Ability testing
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Portuguese language -- Acquisition
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Second language acquisition
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pires, Acrisio
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Rothman, Jason
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| ISBN |
9783110215359 |
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3110215357 |
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128229654X |
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9781282296541 |
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3110215349 |
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9783110215342 |
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