The acquisition of Italian : morphosyntax and its interfaces in different modes of acquisition / Adriana Belletti, University of Siena/University of Geneva ; Maria Teresa Guasti, University of Milano Bicocca
Published
Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2015]
Part 1. The acquisition of morphosyntactic properties -- The acquisition of verb inflections and clause structure -- The acquisition of articles and aspects of nominal inflection -- The acquisition of pronominal clitics -- The acquisition of passive voices -- Part 2. The acquisition of some (discourse) interface properties -- The acquisition of relative clauses -- The acquisition of Wh-questions -- The acquisition of the syntax and interpretation of subjects -- The acquisition of aspects of Italian compositional semantics and of semantic-pragmatic interface
Summary
A major contribution to the study of language acquisition and language development inspired by theoretical linguistics has been made by research on the acquisition of Italian syntax. This book offers an updated overview of results from theory-driven experimental and corpus-based research on the acquisition of Italian in different modes (monolingual, early and late L2, SLI, etc.), as well as exploring possible developments for future research. The book focuses on experimental studies which address research questions generated by linguistic theory, providing a detailed illustration of the fruitf
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