The Acquisition of Finiteness / / Elma Blom.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Blom, Elma,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG] , 94
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (162 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Chapter 1. Introduction --; Chapter 2. Background --; Chapter 3. Theoretical framework --; Chapter 4. Form and meaning --; Chapter 5. Differences across languages --; Chapter 6. Developmental patterns --; Chapter 7. Discussion --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110211436; 9783110238570; 9783110238457; 9783110636970; 9783110742961; 9783110212129; 9783110212136; 9783110209457
• ISSN: 0167-4331
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110211436
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Elma Blom.

The book provides a theoretical and empirical evaluation of a field that has been the focus of generative theories on language acquisition: the acquisition of finiteness and related properties such as root infinitives, verb movement and null subjects. It contains a critical empirical assessment of the various hypotheses, lists the implications for linguistic theory and provides alternative analyses. Issues covered are: (i) the semantics of children’s root infinitives (tense, modality and aspect), (ii) the relation between lexical, morphological and syntactic development in the domain of finiteness, (iii) the role of the input, and (iv) the interference of cognitive development. Typological focus is on Germanic languages.